Contribution of cephalopod prey to the diet of large pelagic fish predators in the central North Atlantic Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 95, Issue , 2013, Pages 74-82

  Logan, John M ^a,b   Toppin, Rebecca ^a   Smith, Sean ^c   Galuardi, Benjamin ^a,d   Porter, Julie ^e   Lutcavage, Molly ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries   (United States)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cephalopods; Food webs; Ommastrephid; Stomach content; Swordfish; Trophic structure; Tuna fisheries

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPODS; FOOD WEBS; OMMASTREPHID; STOMACH CONTENT; SWORDFISH; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; TUNA FISHERIES;

ECOLOGY; FISH; FISHERIES; MOLLUSCS; NUTRITION; SHELLFISH; VITAMINS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOPHYSICS; CEPHALOPOD; FOOD WEB; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; OPEN OCEAN; PELAGIC FISH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ARCHITEUTHIDAE; CEPHALOPODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; HISTIOTEUTHIDAE; OCTOPODA; OMMASTREPHIDAE; PISCES; SARGASSUM; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALALUNGA; THUNNUS ALBACARES; XIPHIAS GLADIUS; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 84887033991     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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