Rorqual whale (Balaenopteridae) surface lunge‐feeding behaviors: Standardized classification, repertoire diversity, and evolutionary analyses

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Kot, Brian W., Sears, Richard, Zbinden, Dany, Borda, Elizabeth, Gordon, Malcolm S.
• Other Authors: American Society of Mammalogists, Idea Wild, Lerner-Gray Fund for Marine Research, University of California Los Angeles
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Blue whale; Fin whale; minke whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mms.12115; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fmms.12115; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/mms.12115

Abstract Rorqual whales (Family: Balaenopteridae) are the world's largest predators and sometimes feed near or at the sea surface on small schooling prey. Most rorquals capture prey using a behavioral process known as lunge‐feeding that, when occurring at the surface, often exposes the mouth an...