Feeding ecology of blue marlins, dolphinfish, yellowfin tuna, and wahoos from the North Atlantic Ocean and comparisons with other oceans

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1335-1359

  Rudershausen, Paul J ^a   Bucke, Jeffrey A ^a   Edwards, Jason ^a   Gannon, Damon P ^b,c   Butler, Christopher M ^a,d   Averett, Tyler W ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FISHING; PERCIFORM; PREY CAPTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BAHAMAS; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ACANTHOCYBIUM SOLANDRI; ALGAE; CEPHALOPODA; CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; CORYPHAENIDAE; EXOCOETIDAE; MAKAIRA NIGRICANS; PORTUNIDAE; SARGASSUM; SCOMBEROMORUS; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 79952993855     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T09-105.1     Document Type: Article

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