Threshold foraging behaviour of basking sharks on zooplankton: Life on an energetic knife-edge?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1427, 1999, Pages 1437-1443

  Sims, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cetorhinus maximus; Energy budget; Filter feeding; Swimming speed; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; PLANKTIVORE; PREY AVAILABILITY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; FEEDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARK; ZOOPLANKTON;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

ANIMALIA; CETORHININAE; CETORHINUS MAXIMUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033595126     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0798     Document Type: Article

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