Food habits and dietary variability of pelagic nekton off Oregon and Washington, 1979-1984

• Main Authors: Brodeur, Richard D., Lorz, Harriet V., Pearcy, William G.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service 1987
• Subjects: Ecology; Management; Fisheries; Hake; Pacific; Pink salmon; spiny dogfish; Squalus acanthias
• Online Access: http://aquaticcommons.org/2765/; http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/tr57.pdf; http://aquaticcommons.org/2765/1/tr57.pdf

The food habits of 20 species of pelagic nekton were investigated from collections made with small-mesh purse seines from 1979-84 off Washington and Oregon. Four species (spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias; soupfin shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus; blue shark, Prionace glauca; and cutthroat trout, Salmo c...