Vocal repertoire and acoustic behavior of the isolated AT1 killer whale subpopulation in southern Alaska

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Saulitis, Eva L, Matkin, Craig O, Fay, Francis H
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2005
• Subjects: Killer Whale; Orca; Orcinus orca; Alaska; Killer whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z05-089; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z05-089

Killer whales, Orcinus orca (L., 1758), in the North Pacific are classified as three genetically distinct ecotypes: residents (fish-eaters), transients (mammal-eaters), and offshores (probable fish-eaters). Within the transient ecotype, three putative subpopulations have been identified by genetic a...