Ecological linkages in the Bonney Upwelling blue whale feeding area
This research has described linkages between the cold-water Bonney Upwelling of south-east Australia, associated primary and secondary biological production, and the presence of feeding blue whales Balaenoptera musculus. This is a previously undescribed, seasonally predictable blue whale feeding are...
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2004
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30026832 https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Ecological_linkages_in_the_Bonney_Upwelling_blue_whale_feeding_area/21094432 |
| Summary: | This research has described linkages between the cold-water Bonney Upwelling of south-east Australia, associated primary and secondary biological production, and the presence of feeding blue whales Balaenoptera musculus. This is a previously undescribed, seasonally predictable blue whale feeding area, where whales prey on abundant swarms of krill Nyctiphanes australis. |
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