Morphological and ecological evidence for two sympatric forms of Type B killer whale around the Antarctic Peninsula

Polar Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 231-236

  Durban, J W ^a,b   Fearnbach, H ^a,b   Burrows, D G ^c   Ylitalo, G M ^c   Pitman, R L ^b  

^a CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Diet; Photogrammetry; Predator; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIET; DIVERGENCE; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GROUP SIZE; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PREDATOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMPATRY; TAXONOMY; WHALE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

CETACEA; EUPHAUSIACEA; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; ORCINUS ORCA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84964057119     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-016-1942-x     Document Type: Article

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