Food and feeding ecology of the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the oceanic Northeast Atlantic and comparison with its diet in neritic areas

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-47

  Pusineri, Claire ^a   Magnin, Véronique ^a   Meynier, Laureline ^a   Spitz, Jérôme ^a   Hassani, Sami ^b   Ridoux, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b BioGemme Laboratory   (France)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Delphinus delphis; Diet; Feeding ecology; Northeast Atlantic; Oceanic domain; Short beaked common dolphin

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CEPHALOPOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DOLPHIN; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SIZE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

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

CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; DELPHINUS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; MYCTOPHIDAE; NOTOSCOPELUS KROYERI; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS ALALUNGA;

EID: 33846113320     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2006.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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