Feeding strategies and diet composition of yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) caught along Andhra Pradesh, east coast of India

Indian Journal of Fisheries

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 13-19

  Rohit, Prathibha ^a   Syda Rao, G ^a   Rammohan, K ^a  

^a CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Deep scattering layer (DSL) Diet; Food; Index of relative importance (IRL); Predator; Prey; Thunnus albacares; Yellowfin tuna

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPODA; CHARYBDIS SMITHII; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PORTUNIDAE; PRIACANTHUS HAMRUR; SCOMBRIDAE; SOLENOCERA HEXTII; STHENOTEUTHIS OUALANIENSIS; TELEOSTEI; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 80054892592     PISSN: 09706011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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