Rare observations of false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) cooperatively feeding with common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 555-562

  Zaeschmar, Jochen R ^a   Dwyer, Sarah L ^a   Stockin, Karen A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COEXISTENCE; DOLPHIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WHALE;

HAURAKI GULF; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

ORCINUS ORCA; PSEUDORCA; PSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 84880274105     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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