Baleen whales are not important as prey for killer whales Orcinus orca in high-latitude regions

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 348, Issue , 2007, Pages 297-307

  Mehta, Amee V ^a   Allen, Judith M ^b   Constantine, Rochelle ^c   Garrigue, Claire ^d   Jann, Beatrice ^e   Jenner, Curt ^f   Marx, Marilyn K ^g   Matkin, Craig O ^h   Mattila, David K ⁱ   Minton, Gianna ^j   Mizroch, Sally A ^k   Olavarría, Carlos ^l,q   Robbins, Jooke ^m   Russell, Kirsty G ^c   Seton, Rosemary E ^b   Steiger, Gretchen H ⁿ   Víkingsson, Gísli A ^o   Wade, Paul R ^k   Witteveen, Briana H ^p   Clapham, Phillip J ^k,q  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

^b Policy and Design   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d Operation Cetaces   (New Caledonia)

^e Swiss Whale Society   (Switzerland)

^f Centre for Whale Research   (Australia)

^g NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^h North Gulf Oceanic Society   (United States)

ⁱ Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary   (United States)

^j Oman Whale and Dolphin Research Group   (Oman)

^k NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^l Centre for Quaternary Research Punta Arenas   (Chile)

^m CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

ⁿ Cascadia Research   (United States)

^o MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^q SOUTH PACIFIC WHALE RESEARCH CONSORTIUM   (Cook Islands)

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Author keywords

Baleen whale; Killer whale; North Pacific; Predation; Scars; Whaling

Indexed keywords

EXPLOITATION; FEEDING GROUND; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INJURY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; WHALE; WHALING;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; CETACEA; ENHYDRA; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA; MYSTICETI; ORCINUS ORCA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 36549015055     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07015     Document Type: Article

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