Scaling of lunge feeding in rorqual whales: An integrated model of engulfment duration

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 437-453

  Potvin, J ^a   Goldbogen, J A ^b,c   Shadwick, R E ^b  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Foraging; Lunge feeding; Predator prey relationships; Rorqual whales

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MODELING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WHALE;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BALAENOPTERA; BODY HEIGHT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FILTER FEEDER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREDICTION; PREY SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RORQUAL WHALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHRIMP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STEADY STATE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCAPE REACTION; EUPHAUSIACEA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOUTH; WHALES;

BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA; EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 77958153720     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.08.026     Document Type: Article

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