Ecology of Cetaceans in Zones of Mixing of Cold (Kurile-Kamchatka) and Warm (Kuroshio) Currents (Usloviya Sushchestvovaniya Kitoobrazhykh v Zonakh Smesheniya Kholognogo (Kurilo-Kamchatskogo i Teplogo (Kuroshio) Techenii)

Distribution of water masses, plankton and fishes is analyzed to determine locations of grazing grounds for whales. Against this background, the distribution of whales in various years and seasons of the year is discussed. The formation of pods, their sizes, compositions, feeding habits, and migrati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sleptsov,M. M.
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
Biological Oceanography
*Hydrodynamics
*Marine biology
*Ocean currents
*Pacific Ocean
Plankton
Fishes
Whales
Cetacea
Dolphins(Mammals)
Translations
USSR
Kurile Kamchatka Trench
North Pacific Ocean
Pacific
Kamchatka
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0770284
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Summary:Distribution of water masses, plankton and fishes is analyzed to determine locations of grazing grounds for whales. Against this background, the distribution of whales in various years and seasons of the year is discussed. The formation of pods, their sizes, compositions, feeding habits, and migrations are outlined, singling out the species that inhabit given areas permanently or temporarily. Trans. of Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Institut Morfologii Zhivotnykh. Trudy, v34 p111-135 1961, by M. Slessers. Supersedes report dated 1970, AD-705 342.

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