Skull biomechanics and suction feeding in fishes

MW Westneat - Fish physiology, 2005 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter presents the basic morphological structure of fish skulls,
identify the principles of musculoskeletal biomechanics that transfer force and motion in fish …

Prey and Feeding Patterns of Resident Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, Florida

NB Barros, RS Wells - Journal of Mammalogy, 1998 - academic.oup.com
Stomach contents of a resident community of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from
the Sarasota Bay area of the westcentral coast of Florida were studied to examine potential …

The role of ecomorphological studies in the comparative biology of fishes

SF Norton, JJ Luczkovich, PJ Motta - Ecomorphology of fishes, 1995 - Springer
The goal of an ecomorphological study is to understand the interactions between the
morphology of organisms and their ecology. Both the morphology and the ecology …

Reproduction and early life history of common snook, Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch), in Florida

KM Peters, RE Matheson Jr… - Bulletin of Marine …, 1998 - ingentaconnect.com
This paper combines published literature and unpublished Florida Department of
Environmental Protection (FDEP) data on snook reproduction and early life history …

A morphological and functional basis for maximum prey size in piscivorous fishes

M Mihalitsis, DR Bellwood - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Fish predation is important in shaping populations and community structure in aquatic
systems. These predator-prey interactions can be influenced by environmental, behavioural …

Interactive effects of habitat selection, food supply and predation on recruitment of an estuarine fish

P Levin, R Petrik, J Malone - Oecologia, 1997 - Springer
Seagrass meadows are often important habitats for newly recruited juvenile fishes. Although
substantial effort has gone into documenting patterns of association of fishes with attributes …

Assessing the Feasibility of Sustainable Aquaculture for Common Snook Centropomus undecimalis

M de Jesús Contreras‐García… - Reviews in …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Common Snook (Centropomus undecimalis) is widely distributed across the
tropical Atlantic Coasts and has a significant economic impact. This review aims to assess …

Ecomorphology of a size-structured tropical freshwater fish community

GJ Piet - Environmental Biology of Fishes, 1998 - Springer
Among nine species of a tropical community ecomorphological correlates were sought
throughout ontogeny. Ontogenetic changes were distinguished by establishing six pre …

Important considerations to achieve successful mangrove forest restoration with optimum fish habitat

RR Lewis, RG Gilmore - Bulletin of Marine Science, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
Mangrove forest restoration projects commonly fail to achieve significant plant cover for two
reasons: because there is a misunderstanding of mangrove forest hydrology, or, acceptance …

Ontogeny of diet changes in a tropical benthic carnivorous fish, Parupeneus barberinus (Mullidae): relationship between foraging behaviour, habitat use, jaw size …

V Lukoschek, MI McCormick - Marine Biology, 2001 - Springer
Parupeneus barberinus forages on benthic invertebrates using a wide range of foraging
modes, including vigorous digging in the substratum, resulting in considerable disturbance …