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dc.creatorPauly, D.
dc.creatorTrites, A.W.
dc.creatorCapuli, E.
dc.creatorChristensen, V.
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-31T06:44:12Z
dc.date.available2019-01-31T06:44:12Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.identifier1768.pdf
dc.identifier.citationICES Journal of Marine Science 55:467-481
dc.identifier.issn1054-3139
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/2515
dc.description.abstractStandardized 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 invertebrates). Trophic levels were estimated for each species of marine mammals and compared with published estimates derived using stable isotope ratios. Trophic levels ranged from 3.2–3.4 in baleen whales and sea otters, to 3.8–4.4 in most pinnipeds and odontocete whales, to 4.5–4.6 in killer whales. Such information can be used for ecosystem modelling and related studies.
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dc.languageEn
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.sourceICES Journal of Marine Science
dc.titleDiet composition and trophic levels of marine mammals
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.bibliographicCitationPauly, D. et al. (1998). Diet composition and trophic levels of marine mammals. ICES Journal of Marine Science 55:467-481
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.identifier.worldfish1768
cg.subject.agrovocecology
cg.subject.worldfishpelagic
cg.identifier.statusOpen access
cg.identifier.ISIindexedISI indexed
cg.description.themeMiscellaneous
cg.identifier.urlhttp://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/content/55/3/467


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