Factors influencing the diving behaviour of fish-eating killer whales: Sex differences and diel and interannual variation in diving rates

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-267

  Baird, Robin W ^a,b   Hanson, M Bradley ^c   Dill, Lawrence M ^d  

^a CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DATA REDUCTION; OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-BREATHING VERTEBRATES; DIVING; TIME-DEPTH RECORDERS (TDR); WHALES;

AQUACULTURE;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; DIEL VARIATION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WHALE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; ORCINUS ORCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 21344463786     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z05-007     Document Type: Article

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