Contents of the digestive tract of a false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) stranded in Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Central East Atlantic)

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 367-369

  Hernández García, Vicente ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; STOMACH CONTENT; STRANDING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SPAIN;

ARGONAUTA; CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; NEMATODA; ORCINUS ORCA; PSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS; THYSANOTEUTHIS RHOMBUS;

EID: 0038405009     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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