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Feeding requirements of white sharks may be higher than originally thought

Quantifying the energy requirements of animals in nature is critical for understanding physiological, behavioural, and ecosystem ecology; however, for difficult-to-study species such as large sharks, prey intake rates are largely unknown. Here, we use metabolic rates derived from swimming speed esti...

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Autores principales: Semmens, J. M., Payne, N. L., Huveneers, C., Sims, D. W., Bruce, B. D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3600591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23503585
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep01471

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