Foraging patterns of gray whales in central Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia, Canada

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 223, Issue , 2001, Pages 299-310

  Dunham, Jason S ^a   Duffus, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthos; Clayoquot Sound; Eschrichtius robustus; Gray whale; Plankton; Prey selection; Prey switching

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PLANKTON; PREY SELECTION; WHALE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CLAYOQUOT SOUND;

AMPELISCIDAE; AMPHIPODA; CALLIANASSA; CALLIANASSA CALIFORNIENSIS; CALLIANASSIDAE; CETACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; MAMMALIA; MYSIDA; MYSIDAE; NEOTRYPAEA CALIFORNIENSIS; PORCELLANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035965852     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps223299     Document Type: Article

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