Lipid, fatty acid and energy density profiles of white sharks: Insights into the feeding ecology and ecophysiology of a complex top predator

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Pethybridge, Heidi R ^a   Parrish, Christopher C ^b   Bruce, Barry D ^a   Young, Jock W ^a   Nichols, Peter D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LIPID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FORAGING; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHARK; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER CONTENT; WHITE SHARK; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; LIPIDS; LIVER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHARKS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84901610072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097877     Document Type: Article

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