Feeding habits of delphinids (Mammalia: Cetacea) from Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1509-1515

  Melo, C L C ^a   Santos, R A ^b   Bassoi, M ^c   Araujo A C ^a   Lailson Brito, J ^a   Dorneles, P R ^a,c   Azevedo, A F ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO CHICO MENDES DE CONSERVAÇÃO DA BIODIVERSIDADE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; cephalopod; Cetacea; diet; south west Atlantic Ocean; teleost fish

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; INVERTEBRATA; LAGENODELPHIS HOSEI; LOLIGO PLEI; MAMMALIA; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; STENELLA FRONTALIS; STENO BREDANENSIS; TELEOSTEI; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 76249117232     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409991639     Document Type: Article

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