Comparative feeding ecology of shortfin mako, blue and thresher sharks in the California Current

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-146

  Preti, Antonella ^a   Soykan, Candan U ^a   Dewar, Heidi ^a   Wells, R J David ^a   Spear, Natalie ^a   Kohin, Suzanne ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue shark; California Current; Diet analysis; Feeding ecology; Shortfin mako; Thresher shark

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; CLUPEOID; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; FEEDING ECOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PELAGIC FISH; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHARK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOMACH CONTENT;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALOPIAS VULPINUS; ALOPIINAE (ELASMOBRANCH); CEPHALOPODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; COLOLABIS SAIRA; DOSIDICUS GIGAS; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS MORDAX; GONATUS; ISURUS; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; PRIONACE GLAUCA; SARDINOPS SAGAX; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84865412458     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-012-9980-x     Document Type: Article

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