Dietary overlap in spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) and thornback ray (Raja clavata) in the Southeastern Black Sea

Ekoloji

Volumn 16, Issue 62, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Demirhan, Sefa Ayhan ^a   Seyhan, Kadir ^b   Başusta, Nuri ^c  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Dietary overlap; Food composition; Raja clavata; Squalus acanthias

Indexed keywords

DIETARY OVERLAP; FISH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ENGRAULIDAE; GOBIUS SP.; RAJA CLAVATA; SQUALIDAE; SQUALUS; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 33847338029     PISSN: 13001361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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