Estimating the isotopic niche of males and females of false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) from Magellan Strait, Chile

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Haro, Daniela, Riccialdelli, Luciana, Blank, Olivia, Matus, Ricardo, Sabat, Pablo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: ISOTOPIC NICHE; SEX; PSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS; SUBANTARCTIC WATERS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Austral; Argentina; Pablo; Ricardo; Haro; Killer Whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/101723

Odontocete cetaceans, due to their size, abundance, and energetic requirements, consume large quantities of prey and may therefore have substantial influence on the structure and dynamics of ecosystems (Bowen 1997, Trites 2002). Studies on their trophic ecology are fundamental to understand the role...