Recalculated diet and daily ration of the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus), with a focus on quantifying predation on bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) in the northwest Atlantic Ocean

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-88

  Wood, Anthony D ^a   Wetherbee, Bradley M ^b   Juanes, Francis ^c   Kohler, Nancy E ^d   Wilga, Cheryl ^b  

^a School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISURUS; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; POMATOMUS SALTATRIX;

EID: 59849088202     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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