Feeding ecology of long-finned pilot whales Globicephala melas in the western North Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 148, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Gannon, Damon P ^a   Read, Andrew J ^a,c   Craddock, James E ^a   Fristrup, Kurt M ^a,d   Nicolas, John R ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Food habits; Globicephala melas; Loligo pealei

Indexed keywords

GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; CEPHALOPODA; LOLIGO PEALEI;

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; LONG-FINNED PILOT WHALE; MAMMALS; WHALES;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0030617789     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps148001     Document Type: Article

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