Feeding ecology and trophic level of the banded guitarfish, Zapteryx exasperata, inferred from stable isotopes and stomach contents analysis

Agriculture & Biology

• Gulf of California 96%
• trophic levels 80%
• stable isotopes 74%
• stomach 58%
• ecology 52%
• analysis of variance 43%
• Porichthys margaritatus 40%
• benthic ecosystems 31%
• Engraulis mordax 30%
• diet 27%
• predators 26%
• demersal fish 25%
• pelagic fish 24%
• food choices 18%
• body length 17%
• fisheries 17%
• Crustacea 15%
• muscles 11%
• carbon 11%
• nitrogen 10%
• fish 10%
• sampling 6%
• methodology 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• feeding ecology 100%
• stomach content 90%
• trophic level 71%
• diet 62%
• stable isotope 60%
• gulf 52%
• predator 30%
• benthic ecosystem 24%
• demersal fish 23%
• pelagic fish 22%
• analysis 18%
• crustacean 18%
• management plan 17%
• muscle 15%
• coastal area 15%
• fishery 14%
• fish 10%
• nitrogen 10%
• carbon 10%
• trend 8%
• method 3%