Stomach contents of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in the pelagic western North Pacific

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 835-844

  Ohizumi, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshioka, Motoi ^a,c   Mori, Kyoichi ^b,d   Miyazaki, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Ogasawara Whale Watching Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORYPHAENIDAE; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031680684     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1998.tb00767.x     Document Type: Article

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