Short Note Observations of top predators foraging on fish in the pack ice of the southern Ross Sea

New micro-technology with links to satellites has revolutionized the collection of information on the foraging movements of marine animals, but observations of actual foraging are still very rare. Here we describe foraging by killer whales (Orcinus orca (L.)), minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis...

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Main Authors: Giancarlo Lauriano, Marino Vacchi, David Ainley, Grant Ballard
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
Hombron
Jacquinot
Ross Sea
Antarc*
Antarctica
Aptenodytes forsteri
Balaenoptera bonaerensis
Emperor penguins
Orca
Orcinus orca
Pygoscelis adeliae
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.490.9953
http://www.prbo.org/refs/files/11825_GiancarloLauriano2007.pdf
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Summary:New micro-technology with links to satellites has revolutionized the collection of information on the foraging movements of marine animals, but observations of actual foraging are still very rare. Here we describe foraging by killer whales (Orcinus orca (L.)), minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister), Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron & Jacquinot)) and emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri Gray), in all cases we believe feeding on fish, in the south-western Ross Sea, Antarctica. Killer whales On 23 January 2004, we observed C ecotype killer whales

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