Correlation between the seasonal distribution of harbour porpoises and their prey in the Sound, Baltic Sea

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1029-1037

  Sveegaard, Signe ^a   Andreasen, Heidi ^b,e   Mouritsen, Kim N ^a   Jeppesen, Jens Peder ^c   Teilmann, Jonas ^a   Kinze, Carl C ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d CCKonsult ^*  (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOENERGETICS; CLUPEOID; COASTAL WATER; GADOID; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PORPOISE; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOMACH CONTENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; KATTEGAT;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; GADUS MORHUA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 84860209133     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-1883-z     Document Type: Article

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