Feeding requirements of white sharks may be higher than originally thought

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Semmens, J M ^a   Payne, N L ^b   Huveneers, C ^c,d   Sims, D W ^e,f   Bruce, B D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SARDI Aquatic Sciences   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SHARK;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SHARKS;

EID: 84875778359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01471     Document Type: Article

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