Feeding ecology and abundance of two sympatric skates, the shortfin sand skate Psammobatis normani McEachran, and the smallthorn sand skate P. rudis Günther (Chondrichthyes, Rajidae), in the southwest Atlantic

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1017-1027

  Mabragaña, Ezequiel ^a,b   Giberto, Diego A ^c,d  

^a Museo del Mar   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentine continental shelf; Diet composition; Dietary overlap; Psammobatis; Skates

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GAMMARIDAE; ISOPODA; POLYCHAETA; PSAMMOBATIS; PSAMMOBATIS NORMANI; PSAMMOBATIS RUDIS; RAJIDAE;

EID: 58149476349     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm078     Document Type: Article

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