Feeding of blue marlin Makaira nigricans off Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico

We analyzed the stomach contents of 52 blue marlins caught between October 2002 and October 2004 by the sport-fishing fleet of Mazatlan, Sinaloa, in the gulf of California, Mexico. Blue marlin feed on 15 food items. According to the index of relative importance (IRI), the most important prey were th...

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Autores principales: Abitia-Cárdenas,Leonardo, Arizmendi-Rodríguez,Dana, Gudiño-González,Napoleón, Galván-Magaña,Felipe
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Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar 2010
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-560X20100002000142010-08-06Feeding of blue marlin Makaira nigricans off Mazatlan, Sinaloa, MexicoAbitia-Cárdenas,LeonardoArizmendi-Rodríguez,DanaGudiño-González,NapoleónGalván-Magaña,Felipe blue marlin Makaira nigricans feeding habits gulf of California Mexico We analyzed the stomach contents of 52 blue marlins caught between October 2002 and October 2004 by the sport-fishing fleet of Mazatlan, Sinaloa, in the gulf of California, Mexico. Blue marlin feed on 15 food items. According to the index of relative importance (IRI), the most important prey were the frigate or bullet mackerel Auxis spp. (52%) and jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas (30%).info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del MarLatin american journal of aquatic research v.38 n.2 20102010-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2010000200014en
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language English
topic blue marlin
Makaira nigricans
feeding habits
gulf of California
Mexico
spellingShingle blue marlin
Makaira nigricans
feeding habits
gulf of California
Mexico
Abitia-Cárdenas,Leonardo
Arizmendi-Rodríguez,Dana
Gudiño-González,Napoleón
Galván-Magaña,Felipe
Feeding of blue marlin Makaira nigricans off Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
description We analyzed the stomach contents of 52 blue marlins caught between October 2002 and October 2004 by the sport-fishing fleet of Mazatlan, Sinaloa, in the gulf of California, Mexico. Blue marlin feed on 15 food items. According to the index of relative importance (IRI), the most important prey were the frigate or bullet mackerel Auxis spp. (52%) and jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas (30%).
author Abitia-Cárdenas,Leonardo
Arizmendi-Rodríguez,Dana
Gudiño-González,Napoleón
Galván-Magaña,Felipe
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Arizmendi-Rodríguez,Dana
Gudiño-González,Napoleón
Galván-Magaña,Felipe
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title Feeding of blue marlin Makaira nigricans off Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
title_short Feeding of blue marlin Makaira nigricans off Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
title_full Feeding of blue marlin Makaira nigricans off Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
title_fullStr Feeding of blue marlin Makaira nigricans off Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Feeding of blue marlin Makaira nigricans off Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
title_sort feeding of blue marlin makaira nigricans off mazatlan, sinaloa, mexico
publisher Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar
publishDate 2010
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2010000200014
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