Cookie cutter shark (Isistius sp.) bites on cetaceans, with particular reference to killer whales (Orca) (Orcinus orca)

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-138

  Dwyer, Sarah L ^a   Visser, Ingrid N ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Orca Research Trust   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Bite; Cookie cutter shark; Healing rate; Isistius brasil iensis; Isistius plutodus; Killer whale; New Zealand; Orcinus orca

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; LONGEVITY; SHARK; WHALE;

ANTARCTICA; NEW ZEALAND;

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ISISTIUS; ISISTIUS PLUTODUS; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 79960828431     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.37.2.2011.111     Document Type: Article

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