Are white-beaked dolphins Lagenorhynchus albirostris food specialists? Their diet in the southern North Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1501-1508

  Jansen, Okka E ^a   Leopold, Mardik F ^a   Meesters, Erik H w g ^a   Smeenk, Chris ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

diet; feeding ecology; Lagenorhynchus albirostris; North Sea; otoliths; stomach contents; The Netherlands; white beaked dolphin

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011463032     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410001190     Document Type: Article

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