Diet and prey selectivity in three surface-migrating myctophids in the eastern tropical Pacific

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 287-290

  van Noord, Joel E ^a,d   Olson, Robert J ^b   Redfern, Jessica V ^c   Kaufmann, Ronald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d California Wetfish Producers Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Eastern tropical Pacific; Myctophids; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; COPEPODA; EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; GONICHTHYS TENUICULUS; MYCTOPHIDAE; MYCTOPHUM NITIDULUM; OSTRACODA; SYMBOLOPHORUS REVERSUS;

EID: 84880616373     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-013-0350-2     Document Type: Article

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