Stomach content analysis of minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata from the Lofoten and Vesterålen areas, Norway
Stomach contents from 15 minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata collected in the Lofoten and Vesterålen areas of Norway, August 1988, were analysed. All stomachs contained identifiable remains and constituted of fish only. Herring Clupea harengus was the dominant prey species found in all whale sto...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1600-0587.1991.tb00655.x 2023-12-03T10:19:55+01:00 Stomach content analysis of minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata from the Lofoten and Vesterålen areas, Norway Lydersen, Christian Weslawski, Jan Marcin øritsland, Nils Are 1991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1991.tb00655.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1600-0587.1991.tb00655.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1991.tb00655.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Ecography volume 14, issue 3, page 219-222 ISSN 0906-7590 1600-0587 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 1991 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1991.tb00655.x 2023-11-09T14:21:51Z Stomach contents from 15 minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata collected in the Lofoten and Vesterålen areas of Norway, August 1988, were analysed. All stomachs contained identifiable remains and constituted of fish only. Herring Clupea harengus was the dominant prey species found in all whale stomachs and constituted 92% of the total prey volume. Cod Gadus morhua was the second most abundant prey. In addition pollock Pollachius virens , haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus , and great silver smelt Argentina silus were found in single whale stomachs. All fish species found in the whale stomachs in our investigations are of commercial importance, and the sizes of the herrings and cods in minke whale stomachs are of interest for commercial exploitation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Balaenoptera acutorostrata Gadus morhua Lofoten minke whale Vesterålen Wiley Online Library (via Crossref) Argentina Lofoten Norway Vesterålen ENVELOPE(14.939,14.939,68.754,68.754) Ecography 14 3 219 222 |
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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Lydersen, Christian Weslawski, Jan Marcin øritsland, Nils Are Stomach content analysis of minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata from the Lofoten and Vesterålen areas, Norway |
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Stomach contents from 15 minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata collected in the Lofoten and Vesterålen areas of Norway, August 1988, were analysed. All stomachs contained identifiable remains and constituted of fish only. Herring Clupea harengus was the dominant prey species found in all whale stomachs and constituted 92% of the total prey volume. Cod Gadus morhua was the second most abundant prey. In addition pollock Pollachius virens , haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus , and great silver smelt Argentina silus were found in single whale stomachs. All fish species found in the whale stomachs in our investigations are of commercial importance, and the sizes of the herrings and cods in minke whale stomachs are of interest for commercial exploitation. |
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Lydersen, Christian Weslawski, Jan Marcin øritsland, Nils Are |
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Lydersen, Christian Weslawski, Jan Marcin øritsland, Nils Are |
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Lydersen, Christian |
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Stomach content analysis of minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata from the Lofoten and Vesterålen areas, Norway |
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Stomach content analysis of minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata from the Lofoten and Vesterålen areas, Norway |
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Stomach content analysis of minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata from the Lofoten and Vesterålen areas, Norway |
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Stomach content analysis of minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata from the Lofoten and Vesterålen areas, Norway |
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Stomach content analysis of minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata from the Lofoten and Vesterålen areas, Norway |
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stomach content analysis of minke whales balaenoptera acutorostrata from the lofoten and vesterålen areas, norway |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1991.tb00655.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1600-0587.1991.tb00655.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1991.tb00655.x |
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata Gadus morhua Lofoten minke whale Vesterålen |
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