Isotopic niches of the blue shark Prionace glauca and the silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis in the southwestern Indian Ocean

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-92

  Rabehagasoa, N ^a   Lorrain, A ^b   Bach, P ^a   Potier, M ^c   Jaquemet, S ^d,e   Richard, P ^f   Menard F ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^e RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f French National Centre for Scientific Research   (France)

Author keywords

Foraging habitat; Niche partitioning; Sharks; Stable isotopes; Trophic ecology; 13C; 15N

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LONGLINING; NICHE; NICHE PARTITIONING; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PURSE SEINING; SHARK; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

CARCHARHINUS FALCIFORMIS; CHONDRICHTHYES; PRIONACE GLAUCA;

EID: 84893753736     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00418     Document Type: Article

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