Diet of the monk seal (Monachus monachus) in Greek Waters

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 284-297

  Pierce, Graham J ^a,b   Hernandez Milian, Gema ^a,c   Santos, M Begoña ^a,b   Dendrinos, Panagiotis ^d   Psaradellis, Marianna ^d   Tounta, Eleni ^d   Androukaki, Evgenia ^d   Edridge, Alexius ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Instituto Español de Oceanografía Subida a Radio Faro   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d MOm/Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal   (Greece)

^e MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fish; Fishing interactions; Greece; Monachus monachus; Monk seal; Octopus; Sparid

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CEPHALOPOD; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FECES; FISH; MOLLUSC; PINNIPED; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

GREECE;

ANIMALIA; ATHERINIDAE; CEPHALOPODA; CONGRIDAE; CRUSTACEA; ELEDONE CIRRHOSA; MOLLUSCA; MONACHUS; MONACHUS MONACHUS; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS; SCORPAENIDAE; SPARIDAE;

EID: 84856133565     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.37.3.2011.284     Document Type: Article

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