Gonatus fabricii (Mollusca, Theuthida) as an important food source for sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Northeast Atlantic

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Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 244-246

  Simon, Malene J ^a   Kristensen, Thomas K ^b   Tendal, Ole S ^a   Kinze, Carl C ^a   Tougaard, Svend ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c Fishery and Maritime Museum   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Feeding strategies; Gonatus fabricii; Northeast Atlantic; Sperm whales

Indexed keywords

ATLANTICUS; BATHYPOLYPUS; BATHYPOLYPUS SP.; CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; CYCLIOTEUTHIS; GONATUS; GONATUS FABRICII; HALIPHRON ATLANTICUS; HISTIOTEUTHIS; HISTIOTEUTHIS SP.; MACROCEPHALUS; MOLLUSCA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS; PHYSETERIDAE; TODARODES; TODARODES SAGITTATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0043166775     PISSN: 00364827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00364820310001688     Document Type: Article

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