Geographic variation in killer whale attacks on humpback whales in the North Pacific: Implications for predation pressure

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-256

  Steiger, Gretchen H ^a   Calambokidis, John ^a   Straley, Janice M ^b   Herman, Louis M ^c   Cerchio, Salvatore ^d,q   Salden, Dan R ^e   Urban R , Jorge ^f   Jacobsen, Jeff K ^g   von Ziegesar, Olga ^h,r   Balcomb, Kenneth C ⁱ   Gabriele, Christine M ^j   Dahlheim, Marilyn E ^k   Uchida, Senzo ^l   Ford, John K B ^m   de Guevara P , Paloma Ladrón ^n,s   Yamaguchi, Manami ^o   Barlow, Jay ^p  

^a CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e Hawaii Whale Research Foundation   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^g HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h North Gulf Oceanic Society   (United States)

ⁱ CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH   (United States)

^j Glacier Bay National Park   (United States)

^k NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^l Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium ^*  (Japan)

^m PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^o Ogasawara Marine Center   (Japan)

^p SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^q DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^r Eye of the Whale   (United States)

^s CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

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Author keywords

Fluke scarring; Humpback whale; Killer whale; North Pacific; Predation; Rake marks

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY RISK; PREDATION; WHALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ORCINUS ORCA; TREMATODA;

EID: 43149104347     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00078     Document Type: Article

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