Unravelling the mysteries of a mesopelagic diet: a large apex predator specializes on small prey

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Functional Ecology

• Publication date

  2013-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/1365-2435.12083
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