Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus) Foraging on Daytime Surface Swarms of the Euphausiid Nyctiphanes simplex in Ballenas Channel, Gulf of California, Mexico

• Published in: Journal of Mammalogy
• Main Authors: de Guevara P., Paloma Ladrón, Lavaniegos, Bertha E., Heckel, Gisela
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2008
• Subjects: Feature Articles; Ballenas; Balaenoptera physalus
• Online Access: http://jmammal.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/89/3/559; https://doi.org/10.1644/07-MAMM-A-067R2.1

We identified specific areas where fin whales ( Balaenoptera physalus ) forage on daytime surface swarms of euphausiids in Ballenas Channel, Gulf of California. During 2003 and 2004,4 field trips per year were carried out (winter-spring, spring, summer, and autumn). Systematic line transects and ran...