Fine-scale habitat selection by white-beaked and common dolphins in the Minch (Scotland, UK): Evidence for interspecific competition or coexistence?

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 951-960

  Weir, Caroline R ^a,b   MacLeod, Colin D ^b   Calderan, Susannah V ^c  

^a Ketos Ecology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c HEBRIDEAN WHALE AND DOLPHIN TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delphinus delphis; Dietary divergence; Habitat selection; Lagenorhynchus albirostris; Scotland; Short beaked mmon dolphin; White beaked dolphin

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DIET; DIVERGENCE; DOLPHIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION DECLINE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; DELPHINIDAE; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; LAGENORHYNCHUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS ALBIROSTRIS; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS BASSANUS; SULIDAE;

EID: 69749090999     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408003287     Document Type: Article

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