Flyingfish feeding ecology in the eastern pacific: Prey partitioning within a speciose epipelagic community

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 326-342

  Van Noord, J E ^a,c   Lewallen, E A ^a,b   Pitman, R L ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c California Wetfish Producers Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Euchaetid copepod; Exocoetidae; Halfbeak; Warm pool

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; BARBUS; CALANOIDA; CHEILOPOGON XENOPTERUS; COPEPODA; EUCHAETIDAE; EXOCOETIDAE; EXOCOETUS MONOCIRRHUS; EXOCOETUS VOLITANS; HEMIRAMPHIDAE; HIRUNDICHTHYS MARGINATUS; HIRUNDICHTHYS SPECULIGER; MICROPTERUS; MOLLUSCA; OXYPORHAMPHUS MICROPTERUS; PONTELLIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84881116685     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12173     Document Type: Article

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