Productividad y flujo de carbón en los ecosistemas marinos de la Reserva Marina de Galápagos basado en abundancia de cetáceos e índices tróficos

• Main Author: Alava, Juan José
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Valparaiso: Facultad de Ciencias del Mar 2009
• Subjects: Baleen whales; sperm whale; bottlenose dolphin; killer whale; primary and tertiary production; trophic level; Ballenas de barbas (rorcuales); cachalote; delfín nariz de botella; orca; producción primaria y terciaria; nivel trófico; Galapagos; Pacific; Cachalote; Ballenas; Delfín; Bryde; baleen whales; Killer Whale; Orca; Orcinus orca; Physeter macrocephalus; Sperm whale; Killer whale
• Online Access: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=2969977

The role of cetaceans in marine ecosystems and food webs is scarcely known in the southeastern Pacific. Estimates of secondary and tertiary (carbon) production and daily food intake were deduced for five species of representative cetaceans for different marine habitats of the Galapagos by using asso...