Ontogenetic dietary shifts and feeding behavior of the tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, in Hawaiian waters

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 203-211

  Lowe, Christopher G ^a   Wetherbee, Bradley M ^a   Crow, Gerald L ^b   Tester, Albert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary analysis; Elasmobranch; Predatory behavior; Prey diversity

Indexed keywords

GALEOCERDO CUVIER;

DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; ONTOGENETIC SHIFT; ONTOGENETIC SHIFTS; PREDATION;

PACIFIC, HAWAII; USA, HAWAII;

EID: 0029669774     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00005044     Document Type: Article

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