Killer whales attacking schooling fish: Why force herring from deep water to the surface?

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 343-352

  Nøttestad, Leif ^a   Similä, Tiu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Box 181 ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; DELPHINIDAE;

EID: 18744432360     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2001.tb01275.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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