Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on beaked whales (Mesoplodon spp.) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia
Observations of killer whales (Orcinus orca) feeding on the remains of beaked whales have been previously documented; however, to date, there has been no published account of killer whales actively preying upon beaked whales. This article describes the first field observations of killer whales inter...
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| author | Wellard, R. Lightbody, K. Fouda, L. Blewitt, M. Riggs, D. Erbe, Christine |
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| description | Observations of killer whales (Orcinus orca) feeding on the remains of beaked whales have been previously documented; however, to date, there has been no published account of killer whales actively preying upon beaked whales. This article describes the first field observations of killer whales interacting with, hunting and preying upon beaked whales (Mesoplodon spp.) on four separate occasions during 2014, 2015 and 2016 in the Bremer Sub-Basin, off the south coast of Western Australia. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-507202017-09-13T15:37:23Z Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on beaked whales (Mesoplodon spp.) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia Wellard, R. Lightbody, K. Fouda, L. Blewitt, M. Riggs, D. Erbe, Christine Observations of killer whales (Orcinus orca) feeding on the remains of beaked whales have been previously documented; however, to date, there has been no published account of killer whales actively preying upon beaked whales. This article describes the first field observations of killer whales interacting with, hunting and preying upon beaked whales (Mesoplodon spp.) on four separate occasions during 2014, 2015 and 2016 in the Bremer Sub-Basin, off the south coast of Western Australia. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50720 10.1371/journal.pone.0166670 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Public Library of Science fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Wellard, R. Lightbody, K. Fouda, L. Blewitt, M. Riggs, D. Erbe, Christine Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on beaked whales (Mesoplodon spp.) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia |
| title | Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on beaked whales (Mesoplodon spp.) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia |
| title_full | Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on beaked whales (Mesoplodon spp.) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia |
| title_fullStr | Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on beaked whales (Mesoplodon spp.) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on beaked whales (Mesoplodon spp.) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia |
| title_short | Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on beaked whales (Mesoplodon spp.) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia |
| title_sort | killer whale (orcinus orca) predation on beaked whales (mesoplodon spp.) in the bremer sub-basin, western australia |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50720 |