Feeding Ecology of Blue Marlins, Dolphinfish, Yellowfin Tuna, and Wahoos from the North Atlantic Ocean and Comparisons with other Oceans

• Published in: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
• Main Authors: Rudershausen, Paul J., Buckel, Jeffrey A., Edwards, Jason, Gannon, Damon P., Butler, Christopher M., Averett, Tyler W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2010
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Big Rock; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1577/t09-105.1; https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1577/T09-105.1

Abstract We examined diet, dietary niche width, diet overlap, and prey size–predator size relationships of blue marlins Makaira nigricans , dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus , yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares , and wahoos Acanthocybium solandri caught in the western North Atlantic Ocean during the Big...