Studies of minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) ecology in the northeast Atlantic: Preliminary results from studies of diet and food availability during summer 1992
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. Preliminary results from the stomach analyses indicate a diet almost completely dominated...
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ftimr:oai:imr.brage.unit.no:11250/105211 2023-05-15T15:36:06+02:00 Studies of minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) ecology in the northeast Atlantic: Preliminary results from studies of diet and food availability during summer 1992 Haug, Tore Gjøsæter, Harald Lindstrøm, Ulf Nilssen, Kjell Tormod 1993 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/105211 eng eng ICES ICES CM Documents;1993/N:7 This report is not to be cited without prior reference to the authors http://hdl.handle.net/11250/105211 32 s. minke whale vågehval food supply mattilgang stomach data magedata stock assessment bestandsberegning VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Resource biology: 921 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452 VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Fish health: 923 Working paper 1993 ftimr 2021-09-23T20:16:17Z 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. Preliminary results from the stomach analyses indicate a diet almost completely dominated by fish, although there was considerable heterogeneity in species composition between the areas. Capelin dominated the minke whale diets in the two northernmost study areas (Spitsbergen and Bear Island). Further south, in coastal areas of North Norway and Russia, herring was the most important food item, but was accompanied by significant amounts of sand eel, cod, haddock and saithe. A survey aimed to locate and classify fish and plankton resources was conducted simultaneously with the scientific whaling program. The northern areas were particularly dominated by 0-group cod (which was not found in whale stomachs), while capelin abundance was recorded only sporadically. Along the coast of North Norway and Russia, there appeared to be a larger degree of similarity between prey abundance and minke whale diet. Herring was documented to be very abundant both in the resource surveys and in the whale stomach analyses. The similarity in distribution was particularly conspicuous for 0-group herring. Report Balaenoptera acutorostrata Bear Island minke whale North Norway Northeast Atlantic vågehval Spitsbergen Institute for Marine Research: Brage IMR Norway Bear Island ENVELOPE(-67.250,-67.250,-68.151,-68.151) |
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minke whale vågehval food supply mattilgang stomach data magedata stock assessment bestandsberegning VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Resource biology: 921 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452 VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Fish health: 923 |
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minke whale vågehval food supply mattilgang stomach data magedata stock assessment bestandsberegning VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Resource biology: 921 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452 VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Fish health: 923 Haug, Tore Gjøsæter, Harald Lindstrøm, Ulf Nilssen, Kjell Tormod Studies of minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) ecology in the northeast Atlantic: Preliminary results from studies of diet and food availability during summer 1992 |
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minke whale vågehval food supply mattilgang stomach data magedata stock assessment bestandsberegning VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Resource biology: 921 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452 VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Fish health: 923 |
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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. Preliminary results from the stomach analyses indicate a diet almost completely dominated by fish, although there was considerable heterogeneity in species composition between the areas. Capelin dominated the minke whale diets in the two northernmost study areas (Spitsbergen and Bear Island). Further south, in coastal areas of North Norway and Russia, herring was the most important food item, but was accompanied by significant amounts of sand eel, cod, haddock and saithe. A survey aimed to locate and classify fish and plankton resources was conducted simultaneously with the scientific whaling program. The northern areas were particularly dominated by 0-group cod (which was not found in whale stomachs), while capelin abundance was recorded only sporadically. Along the coast of North Norway and Russia, there appeared to be a larger degree of similarity between prey abundance and minke whale diet. Herring was documented to be very abundant both in the resource surveys and in the whale stomach analyses. The similarity in distribution was particularly conspicuous for 0-group herring. |
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Haug, Tore Gjøsæter, Harald Lindstrøm, Ulf Nilssen, Kjell Tormod |
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Haug, Tore Gjøsæter, Harald Lindstrøm, Ulf Nilssen, Kjell Tormod |
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Studies of minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) ecology in the northeast Atlantic: Preliminary results from studies of diet and food availability during summer 1992 |
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Studies of minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) ecology in the northeast Atlantic: Preliminary results from studies of diet and food availability during summer 1992 |
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Studies of minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) ecology in the northeast Atlantic: Preliminary results from studies of diet and food availability during summer 1992 |
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Studies of minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) ecology in the northeast Atlantic: Preliminary results from studies of diet and food availability during summer 1992 |
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Studies of minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) ecology in the northeast Atlantic: Preliminary results from studies of diet and food availability during summer 1992 |
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studies of minke whale (balaenoptera acutorostrata) ecology in the northeast atlantic: preliminary results from studies of diet and food availability during summer 1992 |
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ENVELOPE(-67.250,-67.250,-68.151,-68.151) |
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Norway Bear Island |
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Norway Bear Island |
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata Bear Island minke whale North Norway Northeast Atlantic vågehval Spitsbergen |
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata Bear Island minke whale North Norway Northeast Atlantic vågehval Spitsbergen |
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