Antarctic killer whales make rapid, round-trip movements to subtropical waters: Evidence for physiological maintenance migrations?

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 274-277

  Durban, J W ^a   Pitman, R L ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Killer whales; Migration

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEAT TRANSFER; LATITUDE; MOVEMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDATOR; RADIOTELEMETRY; REGENERATION; SATELLITE DATA; SKIN; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SURFACE WATER; TAGGING; TRACKING; WATER TEMPERATURE; WHALE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; BRAZIL; URUGUAY; WEST ANTARCTICA;

CETACEA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 84860349520     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0875     Document Type: Article

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