Distinctions in the diets and distributions of larval tunas and the important role of appendicularians

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 983-996

  Llopiz, Joel K ^a   Richardson, David E ^a,b   Shiroza, Akihiro ^a   Smith, Sharon L ^a   Cowen, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIET; LARVA; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORM; PISCIVORY; PREY AVAILABILITY; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING GROUND; ZOOPLANKTON;

STRAITS OF FLORIDA;

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); AUXIS; CRUSTACEA; EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS; KATSUWONUS; KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNINI; THUNNUS;

EID: 77955578596     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.3.0983     Document Type: Article

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