Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) diet in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and on the Eastern Scotia Shelf

Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-76

  Pleizier, Naomi K ^a   Campana, Steven E ^b   Schallert, Robert J ^c   Wilson, Steven G ^c   Block, Barbara A ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic bluefin tuna; Diet; Nova Scotia; Stomach content analysis

Indexed keywords

DEMERSAL FISH; DIET; POPULATION SIZE; STOMACH CONTENT; TUNA FISHERY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; NOVA SCOTIA; SCOTIA SHELF;

EID: 84888871095     PISSN: 02506408     EISSN: 18131859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2960/J.v44.m685     Document Type: Article

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