Feeding rates and under-ice foraging strategies of the smallest lunge filter feeder, the antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 2851-2854

  Friedlaender, A S ^a   Goldbogen, J A ^b   Nowacek, D P ^c   Read, A J ^c   Johnston, D ^c   Gales, N ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feeding; Minke whales; Performance

Indexed keywords

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA BONAERENSIS; CETACEA; EUPHAUSIACEA; MYSTICETI; SPHENISCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

ICE;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; KRILL; MINKE WHALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BODY SIZE; DIVING; EUPHAUSIACEA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; ICE; MINKE WHALE;

EID: 84923112369     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.106682     Document Type: Article

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