Resource utilization by deep-sea sharks at the le Danois Bank, Cantabrian Sea, north-east Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1331-1355

  Preciado, I ^a   Cartes, J E ^b   Serrano, A ^a   Velasco, F ^a   Olaso, I ^a   Sanchez F ^a   Frutos, I ^c  

^a Marine Culture Units El Bocal   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c Centro Nacional Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elasmobranchs; Feeding ecology; Le Danois Bank; North east Atlantic; Prey availability

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; DEANIA CALCEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ELASMOBRANCHII; ETMOPTERUS SPINAX; EUPHAUSIIDAE; GALEUS MELASTOMUS; MICROMESISTIUS POUTASSOU; PASIPHAEA; PISCES; SERGIA ROBUSTA; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SHARK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; SHARKS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70449372401     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02367.x     Document Type: Article

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