Prey preferences among the community of deep-diving odontocetes from the Bay of Biscay, Northeast Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 273-282

  Spitz, Jérôme ^a,b   Cherel, Yves ^c   Bertin, Stéphane ^a   Kiszka, Jeremy ^a   Dewez, Alexandre ^d   Ridoux, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b Le Tertre Rouge ^*  (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Groupe d'Etude de la Faune Marine Atlantique   (France)

Author keywords

Cephalopods; Community; Diet; Marine top predators; Resource partitioning; Toothed whales

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPODS; COMMUNITY; DIET; MARINE TOP PREDATORS; RESOURCE PARTITIONING; TOOTHED WHALES;

ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRITION;

OCEAN STRUCTURES;

CEPHALOPOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIET; NICHE PARTITIONING; PREDATOR; PREY PREFERENCE; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

BIDENS; CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; CUCUMIS; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; HYPEROODON AMPULLATUS; KOGIA; KOGIA BREVICEPS; KOGIA SIMUS; MESOPLODON BIDENS; ODONTOCETI; PEPONOCEPHALA; PEPONOCEPHALA ELECTRA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; ZIPHIIDAE; ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS;

EID: 79951811878     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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