Estimating consumption rates of juvenile sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus) in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, using a bioenergetics model *

Authors :: Dowd, W. Wesley
Brill, Richard W.
Bushnell, Peter G.
Musick, John A.
Source :: Fishery Bulletin. July 2006, Vol. 104 Issue 3, p332, 11 p.
Publication Year :: 2006
Abstract: Abstract--Using a bioenergetics model, we estimated daily ration and seasonal prey consumption rates for six age classes of juvenile sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus) in the lower Chesapeake Bay summer nursery [...]

Subjects :: Bioenergetics -- Usage -- Research
Energy metabolism -- Usage -- Research
Sharks -- Food and nutrition -- Research -- Usage
Zoology and wildlife conservation
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