Diet of the milk shark, Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppel, 1837) (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae), from the Senegalese coast

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 789-795

  Ba, By A ^a   Diop, M S ^b   Diatta, Y ^c   Justine, D ^b   Ba, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^b Commission Sous Régionale des Pêches en Afrique de l'Ouest ^*  (Senegal)

^c IFAN Laboratoire de Biologie Marine LABEP AO UCAD   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; CARCHARHINIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; RHIZOPRIONODON ACUTUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84880175883     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jai.12156     Document Type: Article

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