Do minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) exhibit particular prey preferences?

Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science

Volumn 22, Issue , 1997, Pages 91-104

  Skaug, Hans J ^a   Gjøsæter, Harald ^b   Haug, Tore ^c   Nilssen, Kjell T ^c   Lindstrøm, Ulf ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN COMPUTING CENTER   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; MINKE; PREY PREFERENCE; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; THYSANOESSA;

EID: 0031370873     PISSN: 02506408     EISSN: 18131859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2960/J.v22.a8     Document Type: Article

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