Pelagic cephalopods of the central Mediterranean Sea determined by the analysis of the stomach content of large fish predators

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 295-306

  Romeo, Teresa ^a   Battaglia, Pietro ^a   Pedà, Cristina ^a   Perzia, Patrizia ^a   Consoli, Pierpaolo ^a   Esposito, Valentina ^a   Andaloro, Franco ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beaks; Large pelagic predators; Mediterranean Sea; Pelagic cephalopods

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CEPHALOPOD; FAUNA; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR; STOMACH CONTENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CEPHALOPODA; CHIROTEUTHIS VERANYI; HETEROTEUTHIS DISPAR; HISTIOTEUTHIS BONNELLII; OMMASTREPHIDAE; ONYCHOTEUTHIDAE; SEPIOLIDA; SEPIOLIDAE; TETRAPTURUS BELONE; THUNNUS ALALUNGA; THUNNUS THYNNUS; TODARODES SAGITTATUS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 84865432974     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-011-0270-3     Document Type: Article

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