Preliminary analysis of the social structure of killer whales, Orcinus orca, at subantarctic Marion Island

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 929-940

  Tosh, Cheryl A ^a   De Bruyn, P J Nico ^a   Bester, Marthán N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Killer whale; Long term identikit; Orcinus orca; Shore based observation; Sociality; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISLAND; LIFE HISTORY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; WHALE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 54349091157     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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