Feeding performance by sympatric blue and fin whales exploiting a common prey resource

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 345-354

  Friedlaender, Ari S ^a,b   Goldbogen, Jeremy A ^c   Hazen, Elliott L ^d,e   Calambokidis, John ^f   Southall, Brandon L ^b,d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NOAA SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

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BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS;

EID: 84919667290     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mms.12134     Document Type: Article

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