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Hard prey specialists or opportunistic generalists? An examination of the diet of the cownose ray, Rhinoptera bonasus

A. B. Collins A B C D , M. R. Heupel B , R. E. Hueter B and P. J. Motta A
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A University of South Florida, Department of Biology, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA.

B Center for Shark Research, Mote Marine Laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, Florida 34236, USA.

C Current address: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, 100 8th Avenue SE, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA.

D Corresponding author. Email: angela.collins@myFWC.com

Marine and Freshwater Research 58(1) 135-144 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF05227
Submitted: 22 November 2005  Accepted: 27 July 2006   Published: 30 January 2007



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