Ontogenetic dietary shift and feeding strategy of Raja undulata lacepède, 1802 (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) on the Portuguese continental shelf

Scientia Marina

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 311-318

  Moura, Teresa ^a   Figueiredo, Ivone ^a   Farias, Inês ^a   Serra Pereira, Bárbara ^b   Neves, Ana ^b   Borges, Maria de Fátima ^a   Gordo, Leonel Serrano ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diet; Feeding strategy; Polybius henslowi; Portuguese continental shelf; Raja undulata

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIETARY SHIFT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORTUGUESE SHELF;

CHONDRICHTHYES; POLYBIUS HENSLOWI; RAJA UNDULATA; RAJIDAE;

EID: 48749126763     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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