Multispecies functional response of the minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata based on small-scale foraging studies

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 341, Issue , 2007, Pages 277-291

  Smout, Sophie ^a   Lindstrøm, Ulf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Baleonoptera acutorostrata; Barents Sea; Functional response; Generalist predator; Minke whale

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; PREY AVAILABILITY; WHALE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; MAMMALIA; THYSANOESSA;

EID: 34547603630     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps341277     Document Type: Article

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