Diet of the angular rough shark Oxynotus centrina (Chondrichthyes: Oxynotidae) off the Languedocian coast (southern France, north-western Mediterranean)

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-61

  Capape C ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Coast of Languedoc; Diet; France; Mediterranean sea; Oxynotidae; Oxynotus centrina

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; SHARK; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LANGUEDOC; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

CHONDRICHTHYES; CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERMATA; OXYNOTINAE; OXYNOTUS CENTRINA; PLATYNEREIS DUMERILII; POLYCHAETA; SIPUNCULIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 49149123023     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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