Winter records of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the waters of the Wilhelm archipelago, West Antarctica

• Published in: Theriologia Ukrainica
• Main Author: Оksana Savenko
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Ukrainian
• Published: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. National Museum of Natural History 2022
• Subjects: orcinus orca; ecotypes; winter sightings; west antarctic peninsula; Zoology; QL1-991; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; West Antarctica; Galindez; Galindez Island; Hovgaard; Wilhelm Archipelago; Penola; Penola Strait; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Antarctica; Crabeater Seal; Crabeater Seals; Orca; Orcinus orca
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15407/TU2417; https://doaj.org/article/bf2e047b7bc04334b4e5b0c1c51cbce6

Killer whales (KWs) are apex marine predators. In Antarctica, they have diverse trophic interactions and belong to five ecotypes that have differences in morphology, ecology, and acoustic repertoire. Around the Antarctic Peninsula (AP), two sympatric forms of Type B KWs are the most common. They hav...