Killer whales and marine mammal trends in the North Pacific - A re-examination of evidence for sequential megafauna collapse and the prey-switching hypothesis

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 766-802

  Wade, Paul R ^a   Burkanov, Vladimir N ^a   Dahlheim, Marilyn E ^a   Friday, Nancy A ^a   Fritz, Lowell W ^a   Loughlin, Thomas R ^a   Mizroch, Sally A ^a   Muto, Marcia M ^a   Rice, Dale W ^a   Barrett Lennard, Lance G ^b   Black, Nancy A ^c   Burdin, Alexander M ^d   Calambokidis, John ^e   Cerchio, Sal ^f   Ford, John K B ^g   Jacobsen, Jeff K ^h   Matkin, Craig O ⁱ   Matkin, Dena R ⁱ   Mehta, Amee V ^j   Small, Robert J ^k   Straley, Janice M ^l   McCluskey, Shannon M ^m   VanBlaricom, Glenn R ^m,n   Clapham, Phillip J ^a   more..

^a NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^b VANCOUVER AQUARIUM   (Canada)

^c Monterey Bay Cetacean Project   (United States)

^d Alaska Sealife Center   (United States)

^e CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^f DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^g PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^h HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ North Gulf Oceanic Society   (United States)

^j BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

^k ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁿ U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Fur seal; Harbor seal; Killer whale; North Pacific; Population dynamics; Predation; Sea otter; Steller sea lion; Whaling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WHALE; WHALING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CARNIVORA; CETACEA; ENHYDRA; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; MAMMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA; PHOCA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 34848907969     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2006.00093.x     Document Type: Article

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