Seasonal variations in diet of arrow squid (Nototodarus gouldi): Stomach content and signature fatty acid analysis

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 187-196

  Pethybridge, H ^a   Virtue, P ^a   Casper, R ^a   Yoshida, T ^a   Green, C P ^a   Jackson, G ^c   Nichols, P D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Weimar Center   (United States)

Author keywords

cephalopods; intraspecific dietary variation; signature fatty acids; trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CEPHALOPOD; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; FATTY ACID; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; MATURATION; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OTOLITH; PLANKTIVORE; PREY SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOMACH CONTENT; TELEOST; TRAWLING; UPWELLING;

AUSTRALIA;

CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; LAMPANYCTODES HECTORIS; MAUROLICUS MUELLERI; NOTOTODARUS GOULDI; OMMASTREPHIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84855651839     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315411000841     Document Type: Article

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