Diving behavior of sperm whales in relation to behavior of a major prey species, the jumbo squid, in the Gulf of California, Mexico

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 333, Issue , 2007, Pages 291-302

  Davis, R W ^a   Jaquet, N ^b   Gendron, D ^c   Markaida, U ^d   Bazzino, G ^e   Gilly, W ^f  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diving behavior; Dosidicus gigas; Gulf of California; Movements; Physeter macrocephalus; Predator; Prey; Satellite telemeters

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CEPHALOPOD; DEPTH; DIURNAL VARIATION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WHALE;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; DOSIDICUS GIGAS; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 34247102728     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps333291     Document Type: Article

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