Sperm whale habitat use and foraging success off northern Chile: Evidence of ecological links between coastal and pelagic systems

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 275, Issue , 2004, Pages 289-295

  Rendell, Luke ^a   Whitehead, Hal ^b   Escribano, Ruben ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Distribution; Foraging; Movements; Sperm whale; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WHALE;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

CETACEA; MACROCEPHALUS; MAMMALIA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS;

EID: 4043154822     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps275289     Document Type: Review

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