Feeding habits of the common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) sampled from the California-based drift gill net fishery, 1998-1999

California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports

Volumn 42, Issue , 2001, Pages 145-152

  Preti, Antonella ^a   Smith, Susan E ^b   Ramon, Darlene A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOPIAS; ALOPIAS VULPINUS; ANCHOA; CEPHALOPODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; COLEOIDEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ENGRAULIS; ENGRAULIS MORDAX; INVERTEBRATA; LOLIGO; LOLIGO OPALESCENS; MERLUCCIUS; MERLUCCIUS PRODUCTUS; PLEURONCODES PLANIPES; REXEA SOLANDRI; SARDINOPS; SARDINOPS SAGAX; SCOMBER JAPONICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035545195     PISSN: 05753317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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