Long-term variation in common dolphin diet in relation to prey abundance

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 481, Issue , 2013, Pages 249-268

  Santos, M Begoña ^a   German, Imogen ^a,b   Correia, Diana ^a,c   Read, Fiona L ^a,b   Cedeira, Jose Martinez ^d   Caldas, Mara ^e   López, Alfredo ^d   Velasco, Francisco ^f   Pierce, Graham J ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^d CEMMA ^*  (Spain)

^e Investigación Planificación y Dessarrollo S A   (Spain)

^f Centro Oceanográfico de Santander   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blue whiting; Diet selection; Feeding ecology; Hake; Sardine; Zero inflated models

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; DIET; DOLPHIN; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GADOID; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84877610436     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10233     Document Type: Article

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