Benthic Prey in a Bowhead Whale from the Northern Bering Sea
Stomach contents were examined from a bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, killed at Gambell, Alaska, on 1 May 1982. It contained an estimated 20-40 litres of recently ingested prey, principally gammarid amphipods (91.7% of the volume of a 157-ml subsample) and cumaceans (7%). All identified prey were...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65235 2023-05-15T14:19:15+02:00 Benthic Prey in a Bowhead Whale from the Northern Bering Sea Hazard, Katherine W. Lowry, Lloyd F. 1984-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65235 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65235/49149 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65235 ARCTIC; Vol. 37 No. 2 (1984): June: 91–194; 166-168 1923-1245 0004-0843 Animal food Benthos Biological sampling Bowhead whales Internal organs Necropsy Predation Bering Sea St. Lawrence Island waters Alaska info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1984 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:19Z Stomach contents were examined from a bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, killed at Gambell, Alaska, on 1 May 1982. It contained an estimated 20-40 litres of recently ingested prey, principally gammarid amphipods (91.7% of the volume of a 157-ml subsample) and cumaceans (7%). All identified prey were primarily epibenthic forms. The stomach of this whale was significant in several respects: (1) it contained the largest amount of food recorded in any whale taken and examined in spring; (2) it provided the first direct evidence of bowheads feeding in the Bering Sea; and (3) the contents indicated that benthic prey are sometimes intentionally fed upon.Key words: Balaena mysticetus, benthic prey, Bering Sea, bowhead whale, feeding, gammarid amphipods Mots clés: Balaena mysticetus, proie benthique, mer de Béring, baleine boréale, alimentation, amphipodes gammaridés Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Balaena mysticetus baleine boréale Bering Sea bowhead whale Mer de Béring St Lawrence Island Alaska University of Calgary Journal Hosting Baleine ENVELOPE(140.012,140.012,-66.649,-66.649) Bering Sea Lawrence Island ENVELOPE(-103.718,-103.718,56.967,56.967) ARCTIC 37 2 |
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Stomach contents were examined from a bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, killed at Gambell, Alaska, on 1 May 1982. It contained an estimated 20-40 litres of recently ingested prey, principally gammarid amphipods (91.7% of the volume of a 157-ml subsample) and cumaceans (7%). All identified prey were primarily epibenthic forms. The stomach of this whale was significant in several respects: (1) it contained the largest amount of food recorded in any whale taken and examined in spring; (2) it provided the first direct evidence of bowheads feeding in the Bering Sea; and (3) the contents indicated that benthic prey are sometimes intentionally fed upon.Key words: Balaena mysticetus, benthic prey, Bering Sea, bowhead whale, feeding, gammarid amphipods Mots clés: Balaena mysticetus, proie benthique, mer de Béring, baleine boréale, alimentation, amphipodes gammaridés |
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Benthic Prey in a Bowhead Whale from the Northern Bering Sea |
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Benthic Prey in a Bowhead Whale from the Northern Bering Sea |
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Benthic Prey in a Bowhead Whale from the Northern Bering Sea |
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Benthic Prey in a Bowhead Whale from the Northern Bering Sea |
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Benthic Prey in a Bowhead Whale from the Northern Bering Sea |
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benthic prey in a bowhead whale from the northern bering sea |
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