Observations of killer whale (Orcinus Orca) predation in the northeastern Chukchi and western Beaufort Seas

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 330-332

  George, John Craighead ^a   Suydam, Robert ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 0031967353     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1998.tb00722.x     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. BALDRIDGE, A. 1972. Killer whales attack and eat a gray whale. Journal of Mammalogy 53:888-900.
2. BIGG, M. A., P. F. OLESIUK, G. M. ELLIS, J. K. B. FORD AND K. C. BALCOMB. 1990. Social organization and genealogy of resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the coastal waters of British Columbia and Washington State. Report of the International Whaling Commission (Special Issue 12):383-405.
3. BRAHAM, H. W., AND M. E. DAHLHEIM. 1982. Killer whales in Alaska documented in the Platforms of Opportunity Program. Report of the International Whaling Commission 32:643-646.
4. CRAIG, P. C., AND L. HALDORSON. 1986. Pacific salmon in the North Pacific Arctic. Arctic 39:2-7.
5. FROST, K. J., L. F. LOWRY AND J. J. BURNS. 1983. Distribution of marine mammals in the coastal zone of the eastern Chukchi Sea during summer and autumn. Pages 563-650 in Environmental Assessment of the Alaskan Continental Shelf, final reports of the principal investigators. Volume 20. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program, Juneau, Alaska.
6. HANDCOCK, D. 1965. Killer whales kill and eat a minke whale. Journal of Mammalogy 46:341-342.
7. LOWRY, L. F., R. R. NELSON AND K. J. FROST. 1987. Observations of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in western Alaska: Sightings, strandings and predation on other marine mammals. The Canadian Field-Naturalist 101:6-12.
8. MARQUETTE, W. M. 1978. The 1976 catch of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, by Alaskan Eskimos. Marine Fisheries Review 40:18-27.
9. RICE, D. W., AND A. A. WOLMAN. 1971. The life history and ecology of the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus). The American Society of Mammalogists, Special Publication 3: viii + 142 pp.