Scale-dependent habitat use by a large free-ranging predator, the Mediterranean fin whale

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 801-811

  Cotté, Cédric ^a,b   Guinet, Christophe ^b   Taupier Letage, Isabelle ^a   Mate, Bruce ^c   Petiau, Estelle ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging predator; Habitat use; Mesoscale oceanographic processes; Spatial and temporal scales; Whale

Indexed keywords

FORAGING PREDATOR; HABITAT USE; OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESS; TEMPORAL SCALE; WHALE;

ECOSYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; MEGANYCTIPHANES NORVEGICA;

EID: 78449268527     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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