Food habits of the sandpaper skate, Bathyraja kincaidii (Garman, 1908) off central California: Seasonal variation in diet linked to oceanographic conditions

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 80, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 147-163

  Rinewalt, Christopher S ^a   Ebert, David A ^a   Cailliet, Gregor M ^a  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Arhynchobatidae; Euphausiids; Gammarid amphipods; MANOVA

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; DIET; FEEDING; FISH; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEASONAL VARIATION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BATHYRAJA; BATHYRAJA INTERRUPTA; CEPHALOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIIDAE; GAMMARIDEA; MYSIDA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 34948892542     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9218-5     Document Type: Article

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