Diet of common dolphins, Delphinus delphis, off the Portuguese continental coast

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 531-540

  Silva, M A ^a  

^a Instituto da Conservacao da Natureza   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; DOLPHIN; STOMACH CONTENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORTUGAL;

DELPHINUS DELPHIS; SARDINA PILCHARDUS;

EID: 0032780929     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315498000654     Document Type: Article

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