Ontogenetic and site-related trends in the diet of the Atlantic sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon terraenovae from the northeast Gulf of Mexico

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 287-307

  Bethea, Dana M ^a   Carlson, John K ^a   Buckel, Jeffrey A ^b   Satterwhite, Michelle ^c  

^a Panama City Laboratory   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DIET; ESTUARY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INVERTEBRATE; ONTOGENY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SIZE; SHARK; TELEOST;

APALACHICOLA BAY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT VINCENT ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

CHONDRICHTHYES; CLUPEIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; RHIZOPRIONODON TERRAENOVAE; SCIAENIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33645789021     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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