Feeding grounds of juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) in the south-eastern Gulf of California

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 726, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-94

  Rojas, Yassir Edén Torres ^a   Osuna, Federico Páez ^a   Herrera, Agustín Hernández ^b   Magaña, Felipe Galván ^b   García, Sergio Aguiñiga ^b   Villalobos Ortíz, Héctor ^b   Sampson, Laura ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Feeding habitat; Isotopic variability; Mixing models; Opportunistic predator; Stable isotope; Stomach content analysis; Trophic overlap; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING GROUND; JUVENILE; ONTOGENY; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC STATUS;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MAZATLAN; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; SINALOA;

EID: 84893090989     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1753-9     Document Type: Article

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