Competing conservation objectives for predators and prey: Estimating killer whale prey requirements for chinook salmon

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Williams, Rob ^a,b,f   Krkošek, Martin ^c   Ashe, Erin ^d,f   Branch, Trevor A ^a   Clark, Steve ^e   Hammond, Philip S ^f   Hoyt, Erich ^g   Noren, Dawn P ^h   Rosen, David ^b   Winship, Arliss ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d OCEANS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^e SeaWorld Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^g WHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^h ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FEEDING; FISHERY; GROWTH; KILLER WHALE; LACTATION; MORPHOMETRICS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SALMON;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; ORCINUS ORCA;

ANIMALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SALMON; WHALE, KILLER;

EID: 80655139020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026738     Document Type: Article

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