Synchronous mother and calf foraging behaviour in humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae: Insights from multi-sensor suction cup tags

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 457, Issue , 2012, Pages 209-220

  Tyson, Reny B ^a   Friedlaender, Ari S ^a   Ware, Colin ^b   Stimpert, Alison K ^c,d   Nowacek, Douglas P ^a,e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Foraging; Humpback whale; Mother and calf; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; AERIAL SURVEY; CORRELATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SUCTION; SYNCHRONY; UNDERWATER CAMERA; WHALE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA; WILHELMINA BAY;

EID: 84862737427     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09708     Document Type: Article

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