Diet, feeding habits, and diel feeding chronology of the bonnethead shark, Sphyrna Tiburo, in southwest Florida

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 353-367

  Cortés, Enric ^a   Manire, Charles A ^a   Hueter, Robert E ^a  

^a CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONNETHEAD SHARK; DIEL FEEDING CHRONOLOGY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH CONTENTS;

USA, FLORIDA, CHARLOTTE HARBOR; USA, FLORIDA, CHARLOTTE HARBOUR; USA, FLORIDA, TAMPA BAY;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; SPHYRNA TIBURO;

EID: 0029729066     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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