Acoustic observations of dusky dolphins Lagenorhynchus obscurus hunting Cape horse mackerel Trachurus capensis off Namibia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 429, Issue , 2011, Pages 209-218

  Bernasconi, Matteo ^a,b   Nøttestad, Leif ^a   Axelsen, Bjørn Erik ^a   Krakstad, Jens Otto ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Cape horse mackerel; Dusky dolphin; Ecology; Feeding behaviour; Lagenorhynchus obscurus; Predator prey interactions; Target strength; Trachurus capensis

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; DOLPHIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OPEN OCEAN; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TARGET STRENGTH;

NAMIBIA;

EQUIDAE; LAGENORHYNCHUS OBSCURUS; MAMMALIA; TRACHURUS CAPENSIS;

EID: 79956127246     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09071     Document Type: Article

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