Climate change causing starvation in harbour porpoises?

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 533-535

  Thompson, Paul ^a   Wilson, Ben ^a,c   Ingram, Simon ^a   Lonergan, Mike ^b   Northridge, Simon ^b   Hall, Ailsa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; EEL; FOOD CHAIN; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PORPOISE; STARVATION;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; EELS; FOOD CHAIN; NORTH SEA; PHOCOENA; STARVATION;

EID: 35548944009     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0076     Document Type: Letter

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