Functional ecology of feeding in elasmobranchs

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 155-167

  Wilga, Cheryl A D ^a   Stoehr, Ashley A ^a,b   Duquette, Danielle C ^a,c   Allen, Rebecca M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

Author keywords

Chiloscyllium; Functional morphology; Leucoraja; Pressure; Sonomicrometry; Squalus

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING MECHANISM; FISH; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENERALIST; KINEMATICS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PRESSURE EFFECT; SPECIALIST;

CHILOSCYLLIUM; CHILOSCYLLIUM PLAGIOSUM; ELASMOBRANCHII; LEUCORAJA; LEUCORAJA ERINACEA; SQUALUS; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 84865439916     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9781-7     Document Type: Article

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