Foraging ecology of Cookiecutter Sharks (Isistius brasiliensis) on pelagic fishes in Hawaii, inferred from prey bite wounds

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 361-368

  Papastamatiou, Yannis P ^a   Wetherbee, Brad M ^b   O'Sullivan, John ^c   Goodmanlowe, Gwen D ^d   Lowe, Christopher G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cookiecutter Shark; Longline fishery; Opah; Predation; Swordfish

Indexed keywords

DIEL MIGRATION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; ECTOPARASITE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORM; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PROBABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHARK; SWIMMING; VERTICAL MIGRATION; WOUNDING;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; HONOLULU; OAHU; UNITED STATES;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ISISTIUS BRASILIENSIS; LAMPRIDIDAE; LAMPRIS GUTTATUS; MAMMALIA; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS OBESUS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 77954229732     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9649-2     Document Type: Article

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