Dietary plasticity of the oceanic striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba, in the neritic waters of the Bay of Biscay

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 309-320

  Spitz, J ^a,b   Richard, E ^a   Meynier, L ^a,c   Pusineri, C ^d   Ridoux, V ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre de Recherches sur les Ecosystèmes Littoraux Anthropisés   (France)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Continental shelf; Dietary plasticity; Stenella coeruleoalba

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIETARY SHIFT; DOLPHIN; PREY AVAILABILITY; STOMACH CONTENT; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [FRANCE]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; ATHERINIDAE; BRACHIOTEUTHIDAE; CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; ENGRAULIDAE; GADIDAE; GONATIDAE; HISTIOTEUTHIDAE; LOLIGINIDAE; MYCTOPHIDAE; SEPIIDA; SEPIOLIDA; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA; STERNOPTYCHIDAE;

EID: 33747643477     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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