Feeding ecology and trophic level of the banded guitarfish, Zapteryx exasperata, inferred from stable isotopes and stomach contents analysis

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-77

  Blanco Parra, María del Pilar ^a   Galván Magaña, Felipe ^b   Márquez Farías, J Fernando ^c   Niño Torres, Carlos Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE QUINTANA ROO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Batoid; Carbon; Diet; Nitrogen; Rhinobatid

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CRUSTACEAN; DEMERSAL FISH; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ONTOGENY; PELAGIC FISH; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION; SPECIALIST; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84865424625     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9862-7     Document Type: Article

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