Nursery habitat use and foraging ecology of the brown stingray Dasyatis lata determined from stomach contents, bulk and amino acid stable isotopes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 433, Issue , 2011, Pages 221-236

  Dale, Jonathan J ^a,b   Wallsgrove, Natalie J ^b   Popp, Brian N ^b   Holland, Kim N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Elasmobranch; Ontogenetic shift; Resource partitioning; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COASTAL WATER; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NICHE PARTITIONING; NURSERY GROUND; ONTOGENY; OSMOREGULATION; SEXUAL MATURITY; SHARK; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KANEOHE BAY; OAHU; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CRUSTACEA; DASYATIDAE; DASYATIS LATUS; ELASMOBRANCHII; JOINVILLEA ASCENDENS; PISCES; SPHYRNA LEWINI; SPHYRNIDAE;

EID: 79960512850     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09171     Document Type: Article

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