Cephalopod remains in the diet of striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) and Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 57-63

  Ozturk B ^a   Salman, A ^b   Ozturk A A ^a   Tonay, A ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cephalopoda; Eastern Mediterranean; Grampus griseus; Stenella coeruleoalba; Stomach content

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; BYCATCH; CEPHALOPOD; DIET; DOLPHIN; SKELETAL REMAINS; STOMACH CONTENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

ABRALIA VERANYI; CEPHALOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAMPUS GRISEUS; HETEROTEUTHIS DISPAR; HISTIOTEUTHIS REVERSA; ONYCHOTEUTHIS BANKSII; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 34547877201     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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