Stranded dolphin stomach contents represent the free-ranging population's diet

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Dunshea, Glenn ^a,b,d   Barros, Nelio B ^c   McCabe, Elizabeth J Berens ^c   Gales, Nicholas J ^b   Hindell, Mark A ^a   Jarman, Simon N ^b   Wells, Randall S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Ecological Marine Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA based; Foraging; PCR; Sarasota

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DIET; DNA; DOLPHIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANGE EXPANSION; SAMPLING; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; DNA-BASED; DOLPHIN; FORAGING; PCR; PREDATION; SARASOTA; STOMACH JUICE;

DNA-BASED; FORAGING; PCR; SARASOTA;

ANIMALS; DIET; DOLPHINS; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84878175191     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.1036     Document Type: Article

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