Comparative analysis of the diets of smaller odontocete cetaceans along the coast of southern Africa
Comparative analysis of the diets of smaller odontocete cetaceans along the coast of southern Africa
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南部非洲沿海小型齿鲸类饮食的比较分析
DOI:
10.2989/02577619209504746
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发表时间:
1992
影响因子:
1.2
通讯作者:
P. Best
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文献类型:
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作者:
K. Sekiguchi;N. Klages;P. Best
The diets of 20 species of smaller Odontoceti were investigated. The material was collected along the southern African coast between 1966 and 1990 and included 158 strandings, 29 animals killed incidentally and 49 animals caught under permit. In total, 57 species in 34 families of fish and 89 species in 24 families of cephalopods were identified from remains in the 236 stomachs investigated. Most Odontoceti fed on commercially unexploited cephalopods and fish, or on fish below commercially utilized sizes. However, the average sizes of anchovy and pilchard eaten by Delphinus delphis and Lagenorhynchus obscurus were larger than the sizes most frequently taken commercially. The species composition of the prey items reflected the onshore-offshore distribution (and possibly the foraging depths) of different Odontoceti. Tursiops truncatus and Cephalorhynchus heavisidii were closest to shore and D. delphis and L. obscurus over the continental shelf. The rest were distributed around the shelf-edge and just off th...