Prey density and distribution drive the three-dimensional foraging strategies of the largest filter feeder

Functional Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 951-961

  Goldbogen, Jeremy A ^a   Hazen, Elliott L ^b   Friedlaender, Ari S ^c   Calambokidis, John ^d   DeRuiter, Stacy L ^e   Stimpert, Alison K ^f   Southall, Brandon L ^g,h  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^f MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^g USA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baleen whales; Bulk filter feeding; Foraging ecology; Physiological ecology; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FILTER FEEDER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; KINEMATICS; MAPPING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE; WATER MASS; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA; EUPHAUSIACEA; MYSTICETI;

EID: 84935741945     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12395     Document Type: Article

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