Active hunting by deep-diving sperm whales: 3D dive profiles and maneuvers during bursts of speed

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 444, Issue , 2012, Pages 289-301

  Aoki, Kagari ^a   Amano, Masao ^b   Mori, Kyoichi ^c,e   Kourogi, Aya ^b   Kubodera, Tsunemi ^d   Miyazaki, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ogasawara Whale Watching Association   (Japan)

^d DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^e TEIKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Data logger; Diving behavior; Hunting strategy; Hunting tactic; Physeter macrocephalus; Swim speed

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; DATA SET; DIVING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; PREY CAPTURE; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TAGGING; WHALE;

BONIN ISLANDS; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

CETACEA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 84855696728     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09371     Document Type: Article

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