Diet of Minke Whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata in the Northwestern Part of the North Pacific in Summer, 1994 and 1995

Fisheries Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-76

  Tamura, Tsutomu ^a   Fujise, Yoshihiro ^b   Shimazaki, Kenji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Institute of Cetacean Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diurnal changes; Japanese anchovy; Minke whale; Pacific saury; Stomach contents

Indexed keywords

ANCHOA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; COLOLABIS SAIRA; COPEPODA; ENGRAULIS JAPONICUS; EUPHAUSIIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 0002568542     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.64.71     Document Type: Article

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