Stomach contents of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Scottish waters

Maria Begona Santos Vazquez; Graham John Pierce; R. J. Reid; I. A. P. Patterson; H. M. Ross

doi:10.1017/S0025315401004714

Stomach contents of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Scottish waters

Maria Begona Santos Vazquez, Graham John Pierce, R. J. Reid, I. A. P. Patterson, H. M. Ross

Aberdeen Centre For Environmental Sustainability

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Abstract

Data on stomach contents of ten bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) stranded and by-caught around Scotland (UK) between 1990 and 1999 are presented. Although the species is resident in the Moray Firth (north-east Scotland), little previous information exists on the feeding habits of the species in Scottish waters. Cod (Gadus morhua), saithe (Pollachius virens) and whiting (Merlangius merlangus, were found to be the main prey eaten although several other fish species were also found, including salmon (Salmo salar) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and also cephalopods.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	873-878
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Volume	81
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315401004714
Publication status	Published - 2001

Keywords

MORAY-FIRTH
NOSED DOLPHINS
SEASONAL-VARIATION
HARBOR-SEALS
NE SCOTLAND
DIET
PREY
POPULATION
PATTERNS
FISH

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Stomach contents of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Scottish waters

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