Role of the bowhead whale as a predator in West Greenland

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 346, Issue , 2007, Pages 285-297

  Laidre, Kristin L ^a,c   Heide Jørgensen, Mads Peter ^a   Nielsen, Torkel Gissel ^b  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowhead whale; Calanus; Foraging; Greenland; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOENERGETICS; CRUSTACEAN; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIOTELEMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; WHALE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; DISKO BAY; DISKO ISLAND; GREENLAND;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CALANOIDA; CALANUS; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CALANUS GLACIALIS; CALANUS HYPERBOREUS; CETACEA; COPEPODA;

EID: 35748941344     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps06995     Document Type: Article

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