Shallow food for deep divers: Dynamic foraging behavior of male sperm whales in a high latitude habitat

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 354, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-131

  Teloni, Valeria ^a   Mark, Johnson P ^b   Patrick, Miller J O ^c   Peter, Madsen T ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Diving; Foraging; Predator; Sperm whale

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PREDATION; WHALE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

CETACEA; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 37549013727     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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