Relationship between the Distribution of Zooplankton, Sea Birds and Baleen Whales (O Cvyazyakh v Raspredelenii Zooplanktona Morskikh Ptits i Usatykykh Kitov)

The author made observations of the distribution of sea birds, plankton, and baleen whales in the Bering Sea during a 1955 expedition on the R/V NERPA. The high coincidence of all three in time and space results from the plankton (Calanus plumchrus, C. cristatus, and Thysanoessa raschii) forming a c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gudkov,V. M.
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1974
Subjects:
Biological Oceanography
*MARINE BIOLOGY
*BERING SEA
BIRDS
PLANKTON
WHALES
DISTRIBUTION
CETACEA
FOOD
TRANSLATIONS
USSR
Biomass
Bering Sea
Nerpa
baleen whales
Thysanoessa raschii
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0777904
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Summary:The author made observations of the distribution of sea birds, plankton, and baleen whales in the Bering Sea during a 1955 expedition on the R/V NERPA. The high coincidence of all three in time and space results from the plankton (Calanus plumchrus, C. cristatus, and Thysanoessa raschii) forming a common food for birds and whales. Concentrations of marine birds (principally Puffinus griseus, P. tenuirostris, Diomedea immutabilis, and D. nigripes) are prime indicators to whalers of plankton masses and feeding baleen whales. (Author) Trans. of Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Institut Okeanologii. Trudy, v58 p298-313 1962, by V. Astvazaturov.

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