Diet of free-ranging and stranded sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) from the Gulf of Mexico.

Barros, Nélio B.

dc.contributor.author	Barros, Nélio B.
dc.date.accessioned	2010-09-03T15:47:57Z
dc.date.available	2010-09-03T15:47:57Z
dc.date.issued	2003-05
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2075/2410
dc.description	14 p. Includes bibliographical references and tables.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This report describes a study that was undertaken to examine the food habits of free-ranging and stranded sperm whales through the analyses of fecal material (collected at the surface where whales were present) and stomach contents, respectively, in the Gulf of Mexico. The specimens examined in this study originated from two different sources: stomach contents were obtained from stranded animals, collected by participants of the Southeastern U.S. Marine Mammal Stranding Network; floating fecal material were collected from free-ranging animals during ship surveys in the period 2000-2001.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Pascagoula, Mississippi.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Mote Technical Report;No. 895
dc.subject	strandings	en_US
dc.subject	marine mammals	en_US
dc.subject	cephalopods	en_US
dc.subject	squids	en_US
dc.subject	whales	en_US
dc.subject	sperm whale	en_US
dc.subject	Histioteuthis	en_US
dc.subject	Physeter macrocephalus	en_US
dc.subject	Gulf of Mexico	en_US
dc.title	Diet of free-ranging and stranded sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) from the Gulf of Mexico.	en_US
dc.type	Technical Report	en_US