Dietary variation within and between populations of northeast Atlantic killer whales Orcinus orca inferred from δ13C and δ15N analyses

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Foote, A.D., Vester, H., Vikingsson, G.A., Newton, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Norway; Tysfjord; Iceland; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic; Orca; Orcinus orca
• Online Access: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/67609/

Epidermal skin samples from eastern North Atlantic killer whales, Orcinus orca, were analyzed for carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios. From those, comparisons within a data set of 17 samples collected from Tysfjord, Norway, in November suggested that diet is relatively specialized during this...