Diet of whale sharks Rhincodon typus inferred from stomach content and signature fatty acid analyses

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 493, Issue , 2013, Pages 219-235

  Rohner, Christoph A ^a,b,c   Couturier, Lydie I E ^a,b   Richardson, Anthony J ^a,b   Pierce, Simon J ^c,d   Prebble, Clare E M ^c   Gibbons, Mark J ^e   Nichols, Peter D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MARINE MEGAFAUNA FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d School of Biomedical Sciences University of Queensland ^*  (Mozambique)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chondrichthyans; Fatty acid biomarkers; Feeding ecology; Mysida; Omega 6 fatty acids; Signature lipids

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FATTY ACID; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FILTER FEEDER; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MOVEMENT; SEAWATER; SHARK; STOMACH CONTENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTH AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; COPEPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MYCTOPHIDAE; MYSIDA; PISCES; RHINCODON TYPUS; RHINCODONTIDAE; SERGESTIDAE;

EID: 84888868123     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10500     Document Type: Article

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