STOMACH CONTENT OF HARBOUR PORPOISES ( PHOCOENA PHOCOENA) FROM THE TURKISH WESTERN BLACK SEA IN SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER

The study was based on stomach content from 42 harbour porpoises bycaught or stranded between April to June in 2002 and 2003, on the Turkish western Black Sea coast. Seven fish species were identified. Sprat and whiting were the most important fish species in the diet by frequency of occurrence (64....

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Main Authors: Arda M. Tonay, Ayhan Dede, Ayaka A. Öztürk, Bayram Öztürk
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Cetacea
Diet
Black Sea
Plastics
Phocoena phocoena
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.540.1963
http://www.tudav.org/new/pdfs/StomachContentsallciesm.pdf
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Summary:The study was based on stomach content from 42 harbour porpoises bycaught or stranded between April to June in 2002 and 2003, on the Turkish western Black Sea coast. Seven fish species were identified. Sprat and whiting were the most important fish species in the diet by frequency of occurrence (64.1 % and 23.6%, respectively). Besides fishes, crustaceans, pieces of algae, molluscs, bivalves, sand and plastic debris were also recorded.

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