The response of gastric pH and motility to fasting and feeding in free swimming blacktip reef sharks, Carcharhinus melanopterus

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 345, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-140

  Papastamatiou, Yannis P ^a   Purkis, Samuel J ^b   Holland, Kim N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data loggers; Foraging ecology; Gastric digestion; Motility; Optimal foraging; pH; Sharks

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; DIEL VARIATION; DIGESTION; FASTING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REEF; SHARK; SWIMMING;

CARCHARHINUS MELANOPTERUS; CEPHALOPODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34247483941     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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