Associations between North Atlantic right whales and their prey, Calanus finmarchicus, over diel and tidal time scales

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 264, Issue , 2003, Pages 155-166

  Baumgartner, Mark F ^a,e   Cole, Tim V N ^b   Campbell, Robert G ^c   Teegarden, Gregory J ^d   Durbin, Edward G ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d Saint Joseph's College of Maine   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bay of Fundy; Calanus finmarchicus; Diel vertical migration; Eubalaena glacialis; Gulf of maine; Optical plankton counter; Right whale; Tides

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIEL MIGRATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WHALE;

BALAENIDAE; CALANUS; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CETACEA; COPEPODA; EUBALAENA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1642523173     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps264155     Document Type: Article

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