ARCTIC Maximal Feeding Depth of Walruses

• Main Authors: F. H. Fay, J. J. Burns
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1988
• Subjects: Mots clés; morse; Odobenus; plongée; alimentation; Mer de Bering; Arctic; Bering Sea; Morse; walrus*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.502.7567; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic41-3-239.pdf

ABSTRACT. Walruses (Odobenus rosmurus) feed mainly on benthic invertebrates in waters less than 80 m deep, and they have been presumed to be incapable of diving to greater depths. Reported here are seven walruses whose stomachs contained significant amounts of benthic sediments and food, some of whi...