Diet of pygmy sperm whales (Kogia breviceps) in the Hawaiian Archipelago
| Autor: | Kristi L. West, Gregg Levine, Eric K. Brown, Robin W. Baird, Whitney White, William A. Walker, David Schofield |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category biology Kogia ved/biology Ecology Ecology (disciplines) ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species Cetacea Breviceps Aquatic Science biology.organism_classification Sperm Aquatic environment Archipelago Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Marine Mammal Science. 25:931-943 |
| ISSN: | 1748-7692 0824-0469 |
| Popis: | ). Despite the high frequency of strandings,sightings of this species in Hawaiian waters are rare (Baird 2005). Given the lownumber of sightings, examination of stranded animals provides virtually the onlymeans to study the biology and ecology of pygmy sperm whales in the area.Pygmy sperm whales are recorded as feeding primarily on cephalopods from mostlocationswherestomachcontentshavebeenexamined(Wang |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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