Ecotypic variation and predatory behavior among killer whales (Orcinus orca) off the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-87

  Matkin, Craig O ^a   Barrett Lennard, Lance G ^b   Yurk, Harald ^b   Ellifrit, David ^c   Trites, Andrew W ^b  

^a North Gulf Oceanic Society   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLORHINUS; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; MAMMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 34047139867     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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