Intraspecific dietary variation in the short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis in the Bay of Biscay: Importance of fat fish

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 354, Issue , 2008, Pages 277-287

  Meynier, Laureline ^a   Pusineri, Claire ^a   Spitz, Jérôme ^a   Santos, M Begoña ^b,c   Pierce, Graham J ^b   Ridoux, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Common dolphin; Delphinus delphis; Diet; Energy requirements; Prey availability; Stomach content analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; DOLPHIN; ENERGY USE; FAT; FOOD INTAKE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MARINE RESOURCE; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SIZE; STOMACH CONTENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

CLUPEONELLA ENGRAULIFORMIS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; ENGRAULIDAE; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 40149094632     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07246     Document Type: Article

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