Intrapopulation variations in diet and habitat use in a marine apex predator, the broadnose sevengill shark Notorynchus cepedianus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 442, Issue , 2011, Pages 133-148

  Abrantes, Kátya G ^a,c   Barnett, Adam ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chondrichthyans; Coastal; Diet; Movement; Stable isotope; Tracking

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COASTAL ZONE; DIET; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOVEMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SHARK;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 82955211441     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09395     Document Type: Article

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