## Abstract Bite force, a measure of performance, can be used to link anatomical form and function. Earlier studies have shown bite force to have a significant influence on dietary constraints and ontogenetic shifts in resource utilization. The bonnethead shark, __Sphyrna tiburo__, is a durophagous
Placentation and associated aspects of gestation in the bonnethead shark, Sphyrna tiburo
โ Scribed by Donald A. Schlernitzauer; Perry W. Gilbert
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1966
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 950 KB
- Volume
- 120
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0362-2525
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