Behaviour and kinematics of continuous ram filtration in bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1674, 2009, Pages 3819-3828

  Simon, Malene ^a,b   Johnson, Mark ^c   Tyack, Peter ^c   Madsen, Peter T ^a,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowhead whale; Filter feeding; Kinematics

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SURFACE WATER;

BODY SIZE; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREY SELECTION; SWIMMING; WHALE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BOWHEAD WHALE; BREATH HOLDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; FILTER FEEDER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GAIT; GREENLAND; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; VELOCITY; ZOOPLANKTON; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; WHALE;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DIVING; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; WHALES;

EID: 70449709553     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1135     Document Type: Article

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