Food habits of the smooth dogfish, Mustelus canis, dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus, Atlantic sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, and the sand tiger, Carcharias taurus, from the northwest Atlantic Ocean

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 205-217

  Gelsleichter, James ^a   Musick, John A ^a   Nichols, Stephanie ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Elasmobranchs; Feeding analysis; Prey importance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CANCER IRRORATUS; CARCHARHINUS OBSCURUS; CARCHARIAS TAURUS; MUSTELUS CANIS; RHIZOPRIONODON TERRAENOVAE;

EID: 0032932313     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007527111292     Document Type: Article

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