Prey and seasonal abundance of killer whales at sub-Antarctic Marion Island

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-105

  Reisinger, R R ^a   de Bruyn, P J N ^a   Tosh, C A ^a   Oosthuizen, W C ^a   Mufanadzo, N T ^a   Bester, M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diet; Foraging; Orcinus orca; Seals; Seasonal occurrence; Southern ocean

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PINNIPED; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; WHALE;

MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS; MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA LEONINA; ORCINUS ORCA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 79956072875     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2011.572356     Document Type: Article

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