Extreme diel variation in the feeding behavior of humpback whales along the western Antarctic Peninsula during autumn

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 494, Issue , 2013, Pages 281-289

  Friedlaender, A S ^a   Tyson, R B ^a   Stimpert, A K ^b   Read, A J ^a   Nowacek, D P ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Foraging ecology; Humpback whale; Tagging

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIEL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION; WHALE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; MYSTICETI;

EID: 84889643671     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10541     Document Type: Article

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