Food habits of Atlantic white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus acutus) off the coast of New England

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 384-394

  Craddock, James E ^a   Polloni, Pamela T ^a   Hayward, Brett ^b   Wenzel, Frederick ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Integrated Statistics   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMODYTES; AMMODYTIDAE; ANIMALIA; BATHYPOLYPUS; BATHYPOLYPUS ARCTICUS; CEPHALOPODA; CERATOSCOPELUS MADERENSIS; CLUPEA HARENGUS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; LAGENORHYNCHUS ACUTUS; MAMMALIA; MELANOGRAMMUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS; MYCTOPHIDAE; OCTOPUS;

EID: 68049094991     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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