Partitioning of food resources by four abundant, co-occurring elasmobranch species: Relationships between diet and both body size and season

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-65

  Sommerville, E ^a   Platell, M E ^a   White, W T ^b   Jones, A A ^a   Potter, I C ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

benthic prey; Chondrichthyes; southern Australia.

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; DIET; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; INVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREY CAPTURE; SEASONALITY; STOMACH CONTENT;

AUSTRALIA;

APTYCHOTREMA VINCENTIANA; BIVALVIA; CEPHALOPODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ECHINODERMATA; GASTROPODA; HETERODONTUS PORTUSJACKSONI; INVERTEBRATA; MYLIOBATIS AUSTRALIS; SQUATINA AUSTRALIS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 79551476760     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10164     Document Type: Article

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