Fine-scale foraging movements by fish-eating killer whales (Orcinus orca) relate to the vertical distributions and escape responses of salmonid prey (Oncorhynchus spp.)

BACKGROUND: We sought to quantitatively describe the fine-scale foraging behavior of northern resident killer whales (Orcinus orca), a population of fish-eating killer whales that feeds almost exclusively on Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.). To reconstruct the underwater movements of these special...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Wright, Brianna M., Ford, John K. B., Ellis, Graeme M., Deecke, Volker B., Shapiro, Ari Daniel, Battaile, Brian C., Trites, Andrew W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5319153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28239473
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-017-0094-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5319153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28239473
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-017-0094-0

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