Estimated field metabolic rates and prey requirements of resident killer whales

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-77

  Noren, Dawn P ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetics; Killer whale; Marine mammal; Metabolism; Orcinus orca; Prey consumption

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BODY MASS; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENERGETICS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; METABOLISM; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SWIMMING; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 78650584827     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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