Selective foraging by fish-eating killer whales Orcinus orca in British Columbia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 316, Issue , 2006, Pages 185-199

  Ford, John K B ^a   Ellis, Graeme M ^a  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food sharing; Foraging specialisation; Prey choice; Salmonid predation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; ECOTYPE; FAUNA; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; SALMONID; SYMPATRY; WHALE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; ORCINUS ORCA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33746611189     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps316185     Document Type: Article

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