The diving behaviour of mammal-eating killer whales (Orcinus orca): Variations with ecological not physiological factors

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1103-1112

  Miller, Patrick James O'Malley ^a   Shapiro, Ari Daniel ^b   Deecke, Volker Bernt ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d VANCOUVER AQUARIUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; DIEL VARIATION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; ECHOLOCATION; JUVENILE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR; PREY PREFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; WHALE;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; BREATH-HOLD; DEEP DIVES; DIEL VARIATIONS; ECOLOGICAL FACTORS; GROUP MEMBERS; KILLER WHALE; SCALING DOWN;

ECOLOGY; MAMMALS;

PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 78649239627     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z10-080     Document Type: Article

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