Short- and long-term importance of small sharks in the diet of the rare deep-sea shark Dalatias licha

Marine Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1697-1707

  Navarro, Joan ^a   López, Lourdes ^a   Coll, Marta ^a,b   Barría, Claudio ^a   Sáez Liante, Raquel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP-SEA FISHERY; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD WEB; SHARK; TROPHIC LEVEL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CEPHALOPODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CRUSTACEA; DALATIAS LICHA;

EID: 84903317619     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-014-2454-2     Document Type: Article

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