Cephalopod Species in the Diet of a Sperm Whale ( Physeter Catodon ) Stranded at Penzance, Cornwall
Stomach contents from an adult male sperm whale ( Physeter catodori ) stranded at Penzance, Cornwall, included a total of 125 upper and 110 lower beaks (mandibles) of cephalopods. All but two of the cephalopod species represented by lower beaks were oceanic squid belonging to four species in four fa...
| Published in: | Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1997
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400038819 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315400038819 |