Rorqual whale (Balaenopteridae) surface lunge-feeding behaviors: Standardized classification, repertoire diversity, and evolutionary analyses

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1335-1357

  Kot, Brian W ^a,b   Sears, Richard ^b   Zbinden, Dany ^c   Borda, Elizabeth ^d   Gordon, Malcolm S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MINGAN ISLAND CETACEAN STUDY   (Canada)

^c Mériscope Marine Research Station 7 chemin de la Marina Portneuf sur Mer   (Canada)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balaenopteridae; Blue whale; Evolution; Feeding behavior; Fin whale; Lunge feeding; Minke whale; Rorqual whale; Surface feeding

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR; PREY CAPTURE; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; WHALE;

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA;

EID: 84908364635     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mms.12115     Document Type: Article

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