Diet of the Australian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon taylori, from northern Queensland

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 757-761

  Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISH; PREDATOR; STOMACH CONTENT;

AUSTRALIA; CLEVELAND BAY; QUEENSLAND;

RHIZOPRIONODON TAYLORI;

EID: 0032423388     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF97044     Document Type: Article

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