Stomach content analysis of juvenile, scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini captured off the coast of Mazatlán, Mexico

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 301-308

  Torres Rojas, Yassir Edén ^a   Hernández Herrera, Agustín ^a   Galván Magaña, Felipe ^a   Alatorre Ramírez, Vanessa Guadalupe ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Elasmobranchs; Feeding habits; Gulf of California; Mexico; Specialist

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CEPHALOPOD; COASTAL ZONE; CRUSTACEAN; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GENDER ROLE; JUVENILE; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PREY PREFERENCE; SHARK; SPECIALIST; STOMACH CONTENT;

MAZATLAN; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SINALOA;

CARANGIDAE; CEPHALOPODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CRUSTACEA; ELASMOBRANCHII; LOLLIGUNCULA DIOMEDEAE; SPHYRNA LEWINI; SPHYRNIDAE; SYNODONTIDAE;

EID: 77049083189     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-009-9245-8     Document Type: Article

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