Diet of Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) in the western Mediterranean Sea

Scientia Marina

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 407-411

  Blanco, Carmen ^a   Raduán, Ma Ángeles ^a   Raga, Juan Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cephalopods; Cetacean; Diet; Grampus griseus; Mediterranean; Slope

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; DIET; DOLPHIN; PREY PREFERENCE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; HISTIOTEUTHIDAE; OCTOPODA; OMMASTREPHIDAE; ONYCHOTEUTHIDAE;

EID: 33749320991     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 02148358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2006.70n3407     Document Type: Article

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