Feeding habits of the sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) from the Gulf of Gabès, Tunisia

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-144

  Saïdi, Béchir ^a   Bradaï, Mohamed Nejmeddine ^a   Bouaïn, Abderrahman ^b   Capapé, Christian ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^b Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Carcharhinidae; Carcharhinus plumbeus; Chondrichthyes; Diet; Gulf of Gab s; Mediterranean Sea; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; SHARK; STOMACH CONTENT;

AFRICA; GULF OF GABES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

CARCHARHINIDAE; CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS; CEPHALOPODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CRUSTACEA; PISCES;

EID: 34347340666     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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