Food habits and ontogenetic changes in the diet of the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, in Hawaii

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-92

  McElroy, W David ^a   Wetherbee, Bradley M ^a   Mostello, Carolyn S ^b   Lowe, Christopher G ^c   Crow, Gerald L ^d   Wass, Richard C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Waikiki Aquarium   (United States)

^e Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Depth; Diet; Feeding; Geographic variation; Sex segregation

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; ONTOGENY; PISCIVORE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SHARK; TELEOST; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL REGION;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS; CEPHALOPODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CRUSTACEA; ELASMOBRANCHII; INVERTEBRATA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33746064038     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9010-y     Document Type: Article

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