Diet composition and trophic levels of marine mammals
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Diet composition and trophic levels of marine mammals
Standardized diet compositions were derived for 97 species of marine mammals from published accounts of stomach contents as well as from morphological, behavioural and other information. Diet was apportioned among eight categories of prey types (benthic invertebrates, large zooplankton, small squids, large squids, small pelagic fishes, mesopelagic fishes, miscellaneous fishes and higher inverte...
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عنوان ژورنال: ICES Journal of Marine Science
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1054-3139
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1997.0280