The comparative feeding ecology of six species of shark and four species of ray (elasmobranchii) in the north-east Atlantic

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-106

  Ellis, J R ^a   Pawson, M G ^b   Shackley, S E ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; PREDATION; RAY; SHARK; STOMACH CONTENT;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST);

ELASMOBRANCHII; MUSTELUS ASTERIAS; SQUATINA SQUATINA;

EID: 0029668466     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400029039     Document Type: Article

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