A predatory use of counterillumination by the squaloid shark, Isistius brasiliensis

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 267-273

  Widder, Edith A ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Cookie cutter shark; Lure; Mimic; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FISH; PREDATION;

ISISTIUS BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 0031761624     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007498915860     Document Type: Article

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