Distribution and feeding ecology of dolphins along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Iceland and the Azores

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 243-253

  Doksaeter L ^a,b   Olsen, E ^b   Nottestad L ^b   Ferno A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dolphins; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Physical habitat; Prey distribution

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

DOLPHINS; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; PHYSICAL HABITAT; PREY DISTRIBUTION;

FISH;

DOLPHIN; FEEDING ECOLOGY; MOLLUSC; PELAGIC FISH; PREY AVAILABILITY; TRAWLING; WHALE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; MACARONESIA; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; NORTHERN EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BENTHOSEMA GLACIALE; CEPHALOPODA; CHAULIODUS SLOANI; DELPHINIDAE; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; GONATUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS ACUTUS; LAMPANYCTUS MACDONALDI; PISCES; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA; STOMIAS BOA FEROX; TEUTHOWENIA MEGALOPS;

EID: 38149055567     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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