Cranial biomechanics and feeding performance of sharks

The elasmobranch fishes possess a remarkable diversity of feeding mechanisms for a group containing relatively few species (~1200). The three most prevalent of these mechanisms involve prey capture during which the predator overtakes its prey (ram), prey is drawn into the mouth of the predator (suct...

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Main Author: Huber, Daniel Robert
Format: Others
Published: Scholar Commons 2006
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Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/2566
http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3565&context=etd