Killer whale attacking on South American sea lion associated to a fishing vessel: predator and prey tactics

• Main Authors: Grandi, Maria Florencia, Loizaga de Castro, Rocio, Crespo, Enrique Alberto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaíso
• Subjects: ORCINUS ORCA; OTARIA FLAVESCENS; BEHAVIOUR; TRAWLING FISHERY; PATAGONIA; COMPORTAMIENTO; PESQUERIA DE ARRASTRE; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Patagonia; Argentina; De la Costa; Grandi; Lobos; Killer Whale; Orca; Orcinus orca; Killer whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/58465

Interactions between killer whales and sea lions are widely known. This work describes the predator-prey behaviour of killer whales and South American sea lion associated to a trawling fishery. Particularly in Argentina the predatory behaviours of killer whales and anti-predatory behaviours of South...