Interannual changes in body fat condition index of minke whales in the Antarctic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 175, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-12

  Ichii, Taro ^a   Shinohara, Narimasa ^b   Fujise, Yoshihiro ^c   Nishiwaki, Shigetoshi ^c   Matsuoka, Koji ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Institute of Cetacean Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctic krill; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Body fat condition index; Euphausia superba; Feeding ecology; Minke whale; Ross Sea; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FAT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WHALE;

ANTARCTICA;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA CRYSTALLOROPHIAS; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032542366     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps175001     Document Type: Article

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