Evidence of resource partitioning between fin and sei whales during the twentieth-century whaling period ...

• Main Authors: Buss, DL, Hearne, E, Loy, RHY, Manica, A, O’Connell, TC, Jackson, JA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2022
• Subjects: Balaenoptera borealis; Balaenoptera physalus; Resource partitioning; Stable isotope analysis; Whaling; South Georgia; Baleen; Antarctic; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; baleen whales; Sei Whale
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.90684; https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/343273

AbstractInvestigating resource partitioning of marine predators is essential for understanding coexistence of sympatric species and the functional role they play in marine ecosystems. Baleen whales are a key component of sub-Antarctic ecosystems, foraging predominantly on zooplankton and small forag...