Feeding ecology of the long finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas edwardii, in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, determined by stable isotopes analysis

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Becker, Yamila Anabella, Fioramonti, Nicolas Ezequiel, Dellabianca, Natalia Andrea, Riccialdelli, Luciana
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: NAMUNCURÁ–BURDWOOD BANK AREA; ODONTOCETES; SUB-ANTARCTIC WATERS; TIERRA DEL FUEGO; Δ13C; Δ15N; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Austral; Argentina; Burdwood Bank; Antarc*; Polar Biology; South Atlantic Ocean; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/145439

Cetaceans are known to play an important role in ecosystem structure and dynamics because they occupy the highest position in food webs. In order to improve our knowledge on the feeding ecology of the long finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas edwardii, in the western South Atlantic Ocean, we analy...