Stomach contents of cetaceans stranded in the Canary Islands 19962006

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 873-883

  Fernandez R ^a   Santos, M B ^b   Carrillo, M ^c   Tejedor, M ^c   Pierce, G J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c Canarias Conservacin   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Cephalopods; Cetaceans; Feeding; Plastic

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; CEPHALOPOD; CETACEAN; DIET; DOLPHIN; FEEDING; ISLAND; STOMACH CONTENT; WHALE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

APHANOPUS CARBO; BELONE BELONE; CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; CRANCHIIDAE; DELPHINIDAE; ENOPLOTEUTHIDAE; KOGIA; KOGIA BREVICEPS; KOGIIDAE; LAMPADENA LUMINOSA; LOPHIUS SP.; OMMASTREPHIDAE; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; SEPIIDAE; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 69749111979     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409000290     Document Type: Article

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