Feeding habits of the scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, in Mazatlán waters, southern Gulf of California, Mexico

Cybium

Volumn 30, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2006, Pages 85-90

  Torres Rojas, Yassir ^a   Hernandez Herrera, Agustín ^a   Galvan Magaña, Felipe ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Feeding habits; Gulf of California; ISE; Scalloped hammerhead shark; Sphyrna lewini; Sphyrnidae

Indexed keywords

CARANGIDAE; CEPHALOPODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; GERREIDAE; LOLLIGUNCULA DIOMEDEAE; OSTEICHTHYES; SPHYRNA LEWINI; SPHYRNIDAE;

EID: 34247228635     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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