Feeding habits of the velvet belly lanternshark Etmopterus spinax (Chondrichthyes: Etmopteridae) off the Algarve, southern Portugal

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 835-841

  Neiva, João ^a   Coelho, Rui ^a   Erzini, Karim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHERY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NEKTON; ONTOGENY; PLANKTON; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE; SHARK; TELEOST;

ALGARVE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CEPHALOPODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CRUSTACEA; ETMOPTERIDAE; ETMOPTERUS SPINAX; MEGANYCTIPHANES NORVEGICA; PASIPHAEA SIVADO; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33745136770     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315406013762     Document Type: Article

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