Habitat-specific feeding by cownose rays (Rhinoptera bonasus) of the northern Gulf of Mexico

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-97

  Ajemian, Matthew Joseph ^a   Powers, Sean Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Batoid; Cownose ray; Diet; Elasmobranch; Feeding; Foraging; Gulf of Mexico; Opportunism

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FINFISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; MOLLUSC; PREY AVAILABILITY; SHELLFISH; STOMACH CONTENT;

ALABAMA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865416882     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9858-3     Document Type: Article

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