Stomach content analysis of minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata from the Lofoten and Vesterålen areas, Norway

• Published in: Ecography
• Main Authors: Lydersen, Christian, Weslawski, Jan Marcin, øritsland, Nils Are
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1991
• Subjects: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Argentina; Lofoten; Norway; Vesterålen; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Gadus morhua; minke whale
• Online Access: 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

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...