Studies of minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) ecology in the northeast Atlantic: Preliminary results from studies of diet and food availability during summer 1992

• Main Authors: Haug, Tore, Gjøsæter, Harald, Lindstrøm, Ulf, Nilssen, Kjell Tormod
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES 1993
• Subjects: 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; Norway; Bear Island; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; North Norway; Northeast Atlantic; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/105211

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...