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Record #151596:

Food and feeding of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus off the west coast of South Africa / P.B. Best.

Title: Food and feeding of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus off the west coast of South Africa / P.B. Best.
Author(s): Best, P. B.
Date: 1999.
In: South African Journal of Marine Science. (1999.), Vol. 21 (1999)
Abstract: Presents data based on examination of whales processed at Donkergat whaling station during 1962 and 1963 seasons. Includes review of published data for cephalopods, information on incidence of food remains in stomachs, and description and analysis of non-cephalopod prey items.
Notes:

South African Journal of Marine Science. Vol. 21 :393-413 (1999).

Keywords: 639.245.1 -- Whaling industry.
59 -- Zoology.
599(26) -- Sea mammals.
599.5 -- Cetacea.
599.532 -- Physeteridae: Physeter macrocephalus.
591.1 -- Animal physiology.
591.131.1 -- Animal feeding behaviour.
591.131.2 -- Predation.
591.531 -- Dietary preferences.
594.5 -- Cephalopoda.
591.9(26.02) -- Animal distribution, pelagic.
H6 -- Zoology: mammals.
(*80) -- Southern Ocean.
(*82) -- South Atlantic Ocean.
(680) -- South Africa.
SPRI record no.: 151596

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