Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) in Kaikoura, New Zealand ...
Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are known to prey on a wide variety of marine mammal species, including large and small cetaceans, as well as pinnipeds (Jefferson et al. 1991). No well-documented records of killer whales feeding on dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) have been reported in the lite...
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ftdatacite:10.15468/gfeaph 2024-09-15T18:16:43+00:00 Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) in Kaikoura, New Zealand ... Constantine, Rochelle Visser, Ingrid Buurman, Dennis Buurman, Rik McFadden, Brent 2024 https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/gfeaph https://www.gbif.org/dataset/8d79909b-f99e-4bb1-a007-d5a78524bf88 en eng Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 Occurrence Observation dataset OCCURRENCE Dataset 2024 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.15468/gfeaph 2024-08-01T11:08:52Z Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are known to prey on a wide variety of marine mammal species, including large and small cetaceans, as well as pinnipeds (Jefferson et al. 1991). No well-documented records of killer whales feeding on dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) have been reported in the literature. Wursig and Wursig (1980) reported one second-hand account of pre-dation on dusky dolphins off Peninsula Valdes, Argentina. Accounts of killer whales preying on other species in the genus Lagenorhynchus are also infrequent (Dahlheim and Towel1 1994), especially given that these animals are both regularly observed in similar habitats. We present accounts of four killer whales preying on dusky dolphins over a period of 11 d off Kaikoura, New Zealand (42°25'S, 173°42'E). ... Dataset Killer Whale Orca Orcinus orca Killer whale DataCite |
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Occurrence Observation Constantine, Rochelle Visser, Ingrid Buurman, Dennis Buurman, Rik McFadden, Brent Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) in Kaikoura, New Zealand ... |
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Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are known to prey on a wide variety of marine mammal species, including large and small cetaceans, as well as pinnipeds (Jefferson et al. 1991). No well-documented records of killer whales feeding on dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) have been reported in the literature. Wursig and Wursig (1980) reported one second-hand account of pre-dation on dusky dolphins off Peninsula Valdes, Argentina. Accounts of killer whales preying on other species in the genus Lagenorhynchus are also infrequent (Dahlheim and Towel1 1994), especially given that these animals are both regularly observed in similar habitats. We present accounts of four killer whales preying on dusky dolphins over a period of 11 d off Kaikoura, New Zealand (42°25'S, 173°42'E). ... |
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Constantine, Rochelle Visser, Ingrid Buurman, Dennis Buurman, Rik McFadden, Brent |
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Constantine, Rochelle Visser, Ingrid Buurman, Dennis Buurman, Rik McFadden, Brent |
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Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) in Kaikoura, New Zealand ... |
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Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) in Kaikoura, New Zealand ... |
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Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) in Kaikoura, New Zealand ... |
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Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) in Kaikoura, New Zealand ... |
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Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) in Kaikoura, New Zealand ... |
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killer whale (orcinus orca) predation on dusky dolphins (lagenorhynchus obscurus) in kaikoura, new zealand ... |
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Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node |
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Killer Whale Orca Orcinus orca Killer whale |
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Killer Whale Orca Orcinus orca Killer whale |
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