Diet of five species of the family Myctophidae caught off the Mariana Islands

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-92

  van Noord, Joel E ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b California Wetfish Producers Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Mariana Islands; Myctophid

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; CENTROBRANCHUS ANDREAE; COPEPODA; MOLLUSCA; MYCTOPHIDAE; MYCTOPHUM AUROLATERNATUM; MYCTOPHUM LYCHNOBIUM; MYCTOPHUM NITIDULUM; PISCES; SYMBOLOPHORUS EVERMANNI;

EID: 84872662997     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-012-0315-x     Document Type: Article

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