Diet and food availability for north-east Atlantic minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), during the summer of 1992

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Haug, Tore, Gjøsæter, Harald, Lindstrøm, Ulf, Nilssen, Kjell T
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1995
• Subjects: Articles; Bear Island; Norway; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; minke whale; North East Atlantic; Northern Norway; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/52/1/77; https://doi.org/10.1016/1054-3139(95)80017-4

Stomach content samples from 92 minke whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata , caught during scientific whaling operations in July–August 1992, were collected in five selected areas in Norwegian and adjacent waters. Results from the stomach analyses indicate a diet almost completely dominated by fish, a...