Ecological niche segregation within a community of sympatric dolphins around a tropical island

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 433, Issue , 2011, Pages 273-288

  Kiszka, Jeremy ^a,b   Simon Bouhet, Benoit ^a   Martinez, Ludivine ^a   Pusineri, Claire ^c   Richard, Pierre ^a   Ridoux, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b Collectivité Départementale de Mayotte ^*  (France)

^c OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon; Ecological niche; Habitats; Mayotte; Nitrogen; South west Indian Ocean; Stable isotopes; Tropical dolphins

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DOLPHIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SKIN; TROPHIC LEVEL; WHALE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); MAYOTTE;

CETACEA; CUCUMIS; DELPHINIDAE; LAGENODELPHIS HOSEI; PEPONOCEPHALA; PEPONOCEPHALA ELECTRA; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA ATTENUATA; STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 79960505248     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09165     Document Type: Article

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