Table HI. Comparison of the food habits of bottlenose dolphins from Barros and Odell (1990) and this study. 



Wet weight 



Prey items 



Prey taxa 



Prey type 



X' 



R' 



X 



R 



SD 



n 



X 



R 



SD 

 n 



F 



F.C 

 F.CK 

 FJC 



Barros & Odell (1990) 



This study 



Statistics 



u = 



X = mean; R ^ range; SD ■= standard deviation; n ^ sample size; N.S. » non-significant; F • Gsb; C • cephalopod; K ~ crusucean 



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