Feeding habits of the blue shark (Prionace glauca) off the coast of Brazil;Habito alimentar do tubarão-azul (Prionace glauca) da costa do Brasil

Biota Neotropica

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 55-60

  Vaske Júnior, Teodoro ^a   Lessa, Rosangela Paula ^b   Gadig, Otto Bismarck Fazzano ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carcharhinidae; Diet; Elasmobranch

Indexed keywords

ALEPISAURIDAE; ALEPISAURUS FEROX; AVES; CARCHARHINIDAE; CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CRANCHIIDAE; GEMPYLIDAE; GEMPYLUS SERPENS; HISTIOTEUTHIS; MYSTICETI; NOMEIDAE; OCTOPUS; OCYTHOE TUBERCULATA; PRIONACE GLAUCA; PUFFINUS GRAVIS; RUVETTUS PRETIOSUS; TREMOCTOPUS VIOLACEUS;

EID: 77951122504     PISSN: 16786424     EISSN: 16760611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1676-06032009000300004     Document Type: Article

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