Food habits, selectivity, and foraging modes of the school shark Galeorhinus galeus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 315, Issue , 2006, Pages 259-270

  Lucifora, Luis O ^a   García, Verónica B ^a   Menni, Roberto C ^b,c   Escalante, Alicia H ^c,d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chondrichthyes; Diet; Elasmobranch; Galeorhinus galeus; Gape limitation; Piscivory; Predation; School shark

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD SELECTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; SEASONALITY; SHARK;

ANEGADA BAY; ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CEPHALOPODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; GALEORHINUS GALEUS; INVERTEBRATA; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS TEHUELCHUS; PORICHTHYS POROSISSIMUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33746045739     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps315259     Document Type: Article

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