Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) depredation resulting in larynx strangulation with gill-net parts

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 392-401

  Gomerčić, Martina Duras ^a   Galov, Ana ^b   Gomerčić, Tomislav ^a   Škrtić, Darinka ^a   Ćurković, Snježana ^a   Lucić, Hrvoje ^a   Vuković, Snježana ^a   Arbanasić, Haidi ^b   Gomerčić, Hrvoje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Bottlenose dolphin; Depredation; Gill net; Larynx strangulation; Net ingestion; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DOLPHIN; FISHERY; FOOD INTAKE; GILLNET; PREDATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 64949140360     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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