Diet of pygmy sperm whales (Kogia breviceps) in the Hawaiian Archipelago

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 931-943

  West, Kristi L ^a   Walker, William A ^b   Baird, Robin W ^c   White, Whitney ^a   Levine, Gregg ^d   Brown, Eric ^e   Schofield, David ^f  

^a HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^d Kalaupapa National Historical Park ^*  (United States)

^e Kalaupapa National Historical Park   (United States)

^f NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; WHALE;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

KOGIA; KOGIA BREVICEPS; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 70350492951     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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