Diel variation in beaked whale diving behavior

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 630-642

  Baird, Robin W ^a   Webster, Daniel L ^b   Schorr, Gregory S ^a   McSweeney, Daniel J ^c   Barlow, Jay ^d  

^a CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^b Bridger Consulting Group   (United States)

^c Wild Whale Research Foundation   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blainville's beaked whale; Cuvier's beaked whale; Hawai'i; Killer whale; Mesoplodon densirostris; Predator avoidance; Shark; Vertical migration; Ziphius cavirostris

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; DIEL VARIATION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SHARK; VERTICAL MIGRATION; WATER DEPTH; WHALE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; MESOPLODON DENSIROSTRIS; ORCINUS ORCA; ZIPHIIDAE; ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS;

EID: 47749131227     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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