Diet and prey preference of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 398, Issue , 2009, Pages 221-234

  Newman, Steven P ^a,b   Handy, Richard D ^a   Gruber, Samuel H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Bimini Biological Field Station   (Bahamas)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Foraging ecology; Lemon shark; Predator prey relationship; Prey preference; Size selection

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HOME RANGE; JUVENILE; MANGROVE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; SEAGRASS; SHARK; STOMACH CONTENT; TELEOST;

BAHAMAS; BIMINI;

BALISTIDAE; BATRACHOIDIDAE; BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; CHONDRICHTHYES; CITRUS LIMON; CRUSTACEA; GERREIDAE; GERRES CINEREUS; HAEMULIDAE; NEGAPRION; NEGAPRION BREVIROSTRIS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SCARIDAE; SPHYRAENIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 74049102977     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08334     Document Type: Article

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