Killer whale predation on penguins in Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1589-1594

  Pitman, Robert L ^a   Durban, John W ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Chinstrap Penguin; Gentoo Penguin; Killer whale; Orcinus orca; Predation

Indexed keywords

ECOTYPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MUSCLE; PREDATION; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WHALE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; GERLACHE STRAIT; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA BONAERENSIS; ORCINUS ORCA; PYGOSCELIS PAPUA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 78649525689     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0853-5     Document Type: Article

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