Long-term dietary segregation of common dolphins Delphinus delphis in the Bay of Biscay, determined using cadmium as an ecological tracer

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 305, Issue , 2005, Pages 275-285

  Lahaye, V ^a   Bustamante, P ^a   Spitz, J ^b   Dabin, W ^b   Das, K ^c   Pierce, G J ^d   Caurant, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b Institut du Littoral et de l'Environnement   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cephalopods; Diet; Exposure; Marine mammals; Northeastern Atlantic; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DIET; DOLPHIN; FEEDING ECOLOGY; TRACER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; CRANCHIIDAE; DELPHINUS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; HISTIOTEUTHIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 31844452810     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps305275     Document Type: Article

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