Decadal diet shift in yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares suggests broad-scale food web changes in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 497, Issue , 2014, Pages 157-178

  Olson, Robert J ^a   Duffy, Leanne M ^a   Kuhnert, Petra M ^b   Galván Magaña, Felipe ^c   Bocanegra Castillo, Noemi ^c,d   Alatorre Ramírez, Vanessa ^c  

^a INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Classification and regression tree; Diet shift; Eastern Pacific; Food web; Predator prey interaction; Trophic ecology; Tuna

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893813733     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10609     Document Type: Article

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