Decline in energy storage in the Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) in the Southern Ocean

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1509-1520

  Konishi, Kenji ^a   Tamura, Tsutomu ^a   Zenitani, Ryoko ^a   Bando, Takeharu ^a   Kato, Hidehiro ^b   Walløe, Lars ^c  

^a Institute of Cetacean Research   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Balaenoptera bonaerensis; Euphausia superba; Long term change; Minke whale; Prey availability

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; FAT RESERVE; PREY AVAILABILITY; WHALE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA BONAERENSIS; CETACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 53949105234     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0491-3     Document Type: Article

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