Food items reported for Thunnus alalunga
n = 46
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Teuthowenia megalops (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Teuthowenia megalops (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Gonatus steenstrupi (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Gonatus steenstrupi (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Histioteuthis bonnellii (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Alloteuthis subulata (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Doryteuthis opalescens USA juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo opalescens USA juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo subulata (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Octopoteuthis sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Ocythoe tuberculata (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Hyaloteuthis pelagica (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Illex argentinus Brazil juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Ancistroteuthis lichtensteini (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Ancistroteuthis lichtensteini (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Onychoteuthis banksii Global juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish unidentified Canada adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus declivis (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified Canada adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified Canada adults
nekton finfish bony fish Benthosema glaciale (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified Canada adults
nekton finfish bony fish Arctozenus risso (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Macroparalepis affinis (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified fish (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Scomberesox saurus saurus (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified Canada adults
nekton finfish bony fish Auxis sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Euthynnus sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Katsuwonus pelamis (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomber japonicus (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified Canada adults
nekton finfish bony fish Maurolicus muelleri (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Themisto gaudichaudii Ireland juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Themisto sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods unidentified amphipods USA juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters Pleuroncodes USA juv./adults
zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids unspecified jellyfish (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates Salpa maxima (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Meganyctiphanes norvegica (not available) recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Nyctiphanes australis (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Nyctiphanes australis (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids unidentified euphausiids USA juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans unidentified hyperiid amphipods USA juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans unspecified hyperiids (not available) juv./adults
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