Size, sex and geographic variation in the diet of the tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, from Western Australian waters

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-46

  Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^a,b   Goodreid, Adrian B ^c   Mcauley, Rory B ^a  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dugong; Fishery interaction; Ontogenetic dietary shift; Prey diversity; Turtle

Indexed keywords

DIET; SHARK; STOMACH CONTENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035058744     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011021710183     Document Type: Article

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