Scaling of bite force in the blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus

Zoology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-119

  Huber, Daniel R ^a   Weggelaar, Christina L ^a   Motta, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial morphometrics; Elasmobranch; Feeding ecology; Performance studies

Indexed keywords

CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 33646060349     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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