Food and Feeding Habits: Diet Composition Thunnus alalunga
n = 7
Main Food Percent
Trophic Level
(y)
Predator Life Stage Country Locality Ref.
nekton 78 4.4 juv./adults USA Oregon -Washington, 1969 9676
nekton 80 4.3 juv./adults USA Oregon-Washington, 1968 9676
nekton 96 4.5 juv./adults USA Southern California, 1969 9676
nekton 78 4.3 recruits/juv. USA Central California, 1968 9676
nekton 58 4.1 juv./adults - Temperate water of north Equatorial current, Eastern Central Atlantic, 2000 48488
zoobenthos 52 4.2 juv./adults - Tropical waters of south Equatorial divergence, Eastern Central Atlantic, 2000 48488
zooplankton 37 4.0 juv./adults - North and tropical Atlantic Ocean 76866
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