Cooperative hunting behavior, prey selectivity and prey handling by pack ice killer whales (Orcinus orca), type B, in Antarctic Peninsula waters

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-36

  Pitman, Robert L ^a   Durban, John W ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Hunting behavior; Killer whale; Leptonychotes weddellii; Orcinus orca; Prey handling; Prey specialization; Weddell seal

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ECOTYPE; HUNTING; PINNIPED; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; SPECIALIZATION; WHALE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA BONAERENSIS; CETACEA; FELIDAE; HYDRURGA LEPTONYX; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; LOBODON CARCINOPHAGA; LOBODON CARCINOPHAGUS; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 84855192587     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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