The foraging ecology of coastal bottlenose dolphins based on stable isotope mixing models and behavioural sampling

Marine Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 953-961

  Kiszka, Jeremy J ^a   Méndez Fernandez, Paula ^b   Heithaus, Michael R ^a   Ridoux, Vincent ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DIET; DOLPHIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR; PREY PREFERENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TELEOST; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EAST AFRICA; MAYOTTE;

CARANX MELAMPYGUS; GNATHANODON SPECIOSUS; MUGIL CEPHALUS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS; TYLOSURUS CROCODILUS;

EID: 84897398543     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-014-2395-9     Document Type: Article

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