Variability in the diet of bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, in Galician waters, north-western Spain, 1990-2005

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 231-241

  Santos, M B ^a,b   Fernandez R ^b,c   Lopez A ^c   Martinez J A ^c   Pierce, G J ^b  

^a Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c CEMMA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DIET; DOLPHIN; FOOD CONSUMPTION; PREY PREFERENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOMACH CONTENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; MICROMESISTIUS POUTASSOU; REXEA SOLANDRI; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 33847415073     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407055233     Document Type: Article

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