Food and feeding ecology of the striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba, in the oceanic waters of the north-east Atlantic

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 909-918

  Ringelstein, Julien ^a   Pusineri, Claire ^a   Hassani, Sami ^b   Meynier, Laureline ^a   Nicolas, Rémi ^a   Ridoux, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b BioGemme Laboratory   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CEPHALOPOD; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; DOLPHIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHERY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; JUVENILE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SIZE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); BAY OF BISCAY;

CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HISTIOTEUTHIS; LOBIANCHIA GEMELLARII; NEOSCOPELUS MICROCHIR; NOTOSCOPELUS KROYERI; PASIPHAEA MULTIDENTATA; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA; TEUTHOWENIA MEGALOPS; THUNNUS ALALUNGA;

EID: 33745195250     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315406013865     Document Type: Article

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