Feeding habits of blackmouth catshark Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810 and velvet belly lantern shark Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758) in the western Mediterranean

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 83-93

  Fanelli, Emanuela ^a   Rey, J ^b   Torres, P ^b   Gil De Sola, L ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURAN; CALOCARIS; CEPHALOPODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ETMOPTERUS SPINAX; EUPHAUSIIDAE; GALEUS MELASTOMUS; GERYON LONGIPES; NATANTIA; STOMIIFORMES; THALASSINIDAE;

EID: 72449143711     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2008.01112.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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