Percussive Behavior in the Southern Resident Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Population at Lime Kiln Point State Park

• Main Author: Jensen, Rylee
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@USU 2019
• Subjects: Southern Resident Killer Whale; Orcinus orca; percussive behavior in Southern Resident Killer Whale; seasonal frequency of percussive behaviors; Lime Kiln Point State Park; Animal Sciences; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Other Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Haro; Pacific; Killer Whale; Orca; Killer whale
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/honors/522; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1530&context=honors

The endangered Southern Resident Killer Whale (Orcinus orca, SRKW) is an iconic species in the Pacific Northwest. Although many ecological aspects of this population have been studied, including population dynamics, genealogy, diet, and habitat-use patterns, why SRKW perform above-surface "perc...