Autumn food habits of harbor porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in the Gulf of Maine

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 428-437

  Gannon, Damon P ^a   Craddock, James E ^b   Read, Andrew J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; MARINE MAMMAL; STOMACH CONTENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN, GULF OF MAINE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; MAMMALIA; MAUROLICUS WEITZMANI; MEGANYCTHIPHANES; MEGANYCTHIPHANES NORVEGICA; MEGANYCTIPHANES NORVEGICA; MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; REXEA SOLANDRI; UROPHYCIS; UROPHYCIS TENUIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031823209     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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