Using active acoustics to compare lunar effects on predator-prey behavior in two marine mammal species

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 395, Issue , 2009, Pages 119-135

  Benoit Bird, Kelly J ^a   Dahood, Adrian D ^b   Würsig, Bernd ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diel; Foraging; Lunar cycle; Marine mammal; Sound scattering layer; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOACOUSTICS; DIEL VARIATION; DOLPHIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LUNAR PHASE; MICRONEKTON; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PHYLOGENY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SOUND SCATTERING; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NEW ZEALAND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; DELPHINIDAE; LAGENORHYNCHUS OBSCURUS; MAMMALIA; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS;

EID: 73449084432     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07793     Document Type: Article

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