Foraging tactics of humpback whales feeding near salmon hatchery-release sites in Southeast Alaska

• Main Author: Kosma, Madison M.
• Other Authors: McPhee, Megan V., Straley, Janice M., Szabo, Andrew R., Wooller, Matthew J.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: humpback whale; food; behavior; Southeast Alaska; Corral; Fairbanks; Gulf of Alaska; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10902

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2019 Increases in the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) population have generated considerable interest in understanding the foraging habits of these large marine predators in the Gulf of Alaska. Globally, humpback whales are classified as generali...