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

• 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; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0777904

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...