Diet and trophic position of the devil rays Mobula thurstoni and Mobula japanica as inferred from stable isotope analysis

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 969-976

  Sampson, Laura ^a   Galván Magaña, Felipe ^a   De Silva Dávila, Roxana ^a   Aguíñiga García, Sergio ^a   Ósullivan, John B ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

devil rays; diet; Nyctiphanes simplex; stable isotopes; temporal variability

Indexed keywords

DIET; FECUNDITY; FILTER FEEDER; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ELASMOBRANCHII; EUPHAUSIIDAE; MOBULA JAPANICA; MOBULA THURSTONI; MOBULINAE; NYCTIPHANES SIMPLEX;

EID: 77958485005     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410000548     Document Type: Article

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