Feeding ecology and trophic position of a Mediterranean endemic ray: Consistency between sexes, maturity stages and seasons

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1315-1328

  Navarro, Joan ^a   Coll, Marta ^a   Preminger, Marc ^a   Palomera, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthic rays; Elasmobranchs; Feeding habits; Foraging ecology; Mediterranean Sea; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

DIET; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FISH; FISHING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MATURATION; MOLLUSC; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEASONALITY; SEX ROLE; TELEOST; TROPHIC LEVEL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

ASTERIAS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ELASMOBRANCHII; GONEPLAX RHOMBOIDES; LIOCARCINUS DEPURATOR; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA; RAJA ASTERIAS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84886261024     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-013-0109-7     Document Type: Article

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