Food and feeding of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus off the West Coast of South Africa

South African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn , Issue 21, 1999, Pages 393-413

  Best, P B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOCYTTUS; CRAB; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LOPHIUS; MOVEMENT PATTERN; RAJID; RUVETTUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOUTH AFRICA;

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WHALE;

(SOUTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ALLOCYTTUS; ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LOPHIUS; LOPHIUS SP.; MACROCEPHALUS; MYSIDAE; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS; PHYSETERIDAE; RAJIDAE; RUVETTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033400956     PISSN: 02577615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/025776199784126033     Document Type: Article

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