The diet of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in southern Australian waters

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1313-1329

  Evans, Karen ^a,b   Hindell, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; cephalopod; diet; mass stranding; Physeter macrocephalus; Southern Ocean; sperm whale

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; DIET; MARINE MAMMAL; STOMACH CONTENT; STRANDING; WHALE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; HISTIOTEUTHIDAE; MACROCEPHALUS; OCTOPODA; ONYCHOTEUTHIDAE; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; TEUTHIDA; VAMPYROMORPHA;

EID: 8844249426     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.07.026     Document Type: Article

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