Feeding habits of the Magellan skate: Effects of sex, maturity stage, and body size on diet

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 641, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 275-286

  Barbini, Santiago A ^a,b   Scenna, Lorena B ^a,c   Figueroa, Daniel E ^a   Cousseau, María B ^a   de Astarloa, Juan M Díaz ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Centro Científico y Tecnológico Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bathyraja magellanica; Diet composition; Feeding strategy; Ontogenetic shifts; Predator size; Rajidae

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; BODY SIZES; FEEDING HABITS; FEEDING STRATEGIES; FOOD RESOURCES; FORAGING BEHAVIORS; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; LIFE HISTORY; MAGELLAN; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MATURITY STAGES; MODELING APPROACH; MULTIPLE HYPOTHESIS; ONTOGENETIC DIET SHIFTS; SOUTHWEST ATLANTIC; TOTAL LENGTH;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDING; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

NUTRITION;

BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINFISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ONTOGENY; SPECIALIZATION; STOMACH CONTENT;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

AMPHIPODA; BATHYRAJA MAGELLANICA; ISOPODA; RAJIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 76349120610     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0090-5     Document Type: Article

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