Diet and reproduction in the Australian butterfly ray Gymnura australis from northern and north-eastern Australia

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2475-2489

  Jacobsen, I P ^a   Johnson, J W ^b   Bennett, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biology; Feeding behaviour; Growth rates; Teleost specialist

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIET; ELECTRIC FISH; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SKATES (FISH);

GYMNURA AUSTRALIS; GYMNURINAE (CHONDRICHTHYES); TELEOSTEI;

EID: 75149115071     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02432.x     Document Type: Article

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