Stomach contents of mass-stranded short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) from North Carolina

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 290-302

  Mintzer, Vanessa J ^a,c   Gannon, Damon P ^b   Barros, Nélio B ^b   Read, Andrew J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Galveston Bay Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalopod; Diet; Feeding ecology; Food habits; Globicephala macrorhynchus; Short finned pilot whale; Stomach contents; Stranding

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CEPHALOPOD; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP WATER; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STOMACH CONTENT; WHALE;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

BRACHIOTEUTHIS RIISEI; CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MACRORHYNCHUS; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; HISTIOTEUTHIS REVERSA; LOLIGO PEALEI; SCOPELOGADUS BEANII; TAONIUS PAVO;

EID: 42449128711     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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