%0 Journal Article
%T Preliminary diet analysis of the blue shark Prionace glauca in the eastern South Pacific
%A Lopez
%A Sebasti¨¢n
%A Mel¨¦ndez
%A Roberto
%A Barr¨ªa
%A Patricio
%J Revista de biolog¨ªa marina y oceanograf¨ªa
%D 2010
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4067/S0718-19572010000400017
%X the diet of the blue shark prionace glauca off central and northern chile in the eastern south pacific, during 2005 and 2006 were dominated by teleost fishes (72.21 %iri) and cephalopods (27.07 %iri). the seasonal feeding of blue shark showed as the most important prey diverse teleost fish species. our findings would confirm that blue shark is a predator with wide trophic spectrum in the eastern south pacific, although a higher number of stomachs need to be studied.
%K seasonal diets
%K food habits
%K chondrichthyes
%K chile.
%U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-19572010000400017&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en