Quantitative diet assessment of wobbegong sharks (genus Orectolobus) in New South Wales, Australia

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1272-1281

  Huveneers, Charlie ^a   Otway, Nicholas M ^b   Gibbs, Susan E ^a   Harcourt, Robert G ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commercial fishery; Diet; New South Wales; Orectolobus; Wobbegongs

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS ORNATUS; ORECTOLOBIDAE; ORECTOLOBUS; ORECTOLOBUS MACULATUS; ORECTOLOBUS ORNATUS;

EID: 67650335142     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm111     Document Type: Article

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