Fin whales Balaenoptera physalus and minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata exploit a tidally driven island wake ecosystem in the Bay of Fundy

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 305, Issue , 2005, Pages 287-295

  Johnston, D W ^a,b   Thorne, L H ^a,c   Read, A J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Fin whale; Foraging; Island wake; Minke whale; Oceanography

Indexed keywords

EDDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; ISLAND; VORTICITY; WAKE; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; CANADA; GRAND MANAN ARCHIPELAGO; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA;

EID: 31844434993     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps305287     Document Type: Article

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