The distribution, diversity, and importance of cephalopods in top predator diets from offshore habitats of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 95, Issue , 2013, Pages 182-192

  Staudinger, M D ^a   Juanes, F ^b   Salmon, B ^c   Teffer, A K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Argonautidae; Cephalopod diversity; Ommastrephidae; Pelagic predators; Trophic relationships

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTIDAE; CEPHALOPOD DIVERSITY; OMMASTREPHIDAE; PELAGIC PREDATORS; TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS;

ECOLOGY; FISH; NUTRITION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHELLFISH;

MOLLUSCS;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BODY SIZE; CEPHALOPOD; DIET; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FISH; FOOD WEB; HABITAT TYPE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SAMPLING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NEW ENGLAND; SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT; UNITED STATES;

ARGONAUTA; ARGONAUTA ARGO; ARGONAUTIDAE; CEPHALOPODA; ELASMOBRANCHII; HISTIOTEUTHIDAE; ILLEX ILLECEBROSUS; LOLIGINIDAE; NAUTILUS; OCTOPODA; OMMASTREPHIDAE; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84887108525     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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