A method to reconstruct anguilliform fishes from partially digested items

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1893-1897

  Brischoux, François ^a,b   Bonnet, Xavier ^a   De Crignis, Margot ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DIGESTION; EEL; METHODOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SNAKE; STOMACH CONTENT;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANGUILLIFORMES; LATICAUDA; PISCES;

EID: 34249054980     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0626-z     Document Type: Article

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