Optimal foraging theory predicts diving and feeding strategies of the largest marine predator

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 880-888

  Doniol Valcroze, Thomas ^a   Lesage, Véronique ^a   Giard, Janie ^b   Michaud, Robert ^b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals   (Canada)

Author keywords

aerobic dive limit; blue whale; central place forager; dive time budget; feeding behavior; optimal foraging

Indexed keywords

DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PREDATOR; VERTICAL MIGRATION; WHALE;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA;

EID: 79959388454     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr038     Document Type: Article

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