Seasonal distribution of white-beaked dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) in UK waters with new information on diet and habitat use

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1159-1166

  Canning, Sarah J ^a,d   Santos, M Begoña ^a,b   Reid, Robert J ^c   Evans, Peter G H ^d   Sabin, Richard C ^e   Bailey, Nick ^f   Pierce, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Wellington Place   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^f MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Distribution; Environmental relationships; Habitat use; Strandings; Temperature; White beaked dolphin

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; DIET; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT USE; SEAFLOOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOMACH CONTENT; STRANDING;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED KINGDOM]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE;

LAGENORHYNCHUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS ALBIROSTRIS; MELANOGRAMMUS;

EID: 51349114748     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408000076     Document Type: Article

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