Ecological niche segregation among five toothed whale species off the NW Iberian Peninsula using ecological tracers as multi-approach

• Published in: Marine Biology
• Main Authors: Méndez-Fernandez, Paula, Pierce, Graham J., Bustamante, Paco, Chouvelon, Tiphaine, Ferreira, Marisa, González, Angel F., López, Alfredo, Read, Fiona L., Santos, M. Begoña, Spitz, Jérôme, Vingada, José V., Caurant, Florence
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Verlag 2013
• Subjects: Fernandez; Harbour porpoise; toothed whale; toothed whales
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/23958; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-013-2274-9

This study aims to assess niche segregation among the five main toothed whales that frequent the NW Iberian Peninsula waters: the common dolphin, the harbour porpoise, the bottlenose dolphin, the striped dolphin and the long-finned pilot whale. We used cadmium (Cd) and stable isotope ratios (delta C...