An examination of the diet and movement patterns of the atlantic cownose ray rhinoptera bonasuswithin a southwest florida estuary
Cownose rays are benthic, suction feeders whose foraging activities have been implicated in severe damage to commercial shellfish industries and seagrass habitat. With jaws highly modified for durophagy, it has been assumed that they are crushing specialists, feeding primarily upon hard molluscan pr...
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Scholar Commons
2005
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| Online Access: | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/2831 http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3830&context=etd |