Feeding habits of the bonnethead shark, Sphyrna tiburo, from northern Brazil

Cybium

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 383-394

  Lessa, Rosângela Paula ^a,b   Almeida, Zafira ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ASW; Brazil; Feeding habits; Shark diet; Sphyrna tiburo; Sphyrnidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345914920     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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