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- Title
Planktonic food and foraging of Eubalaena australis, on Peninsula Valdés (Argentina) nursery ground.
- Authors
Hoffmeyer, Mónica S.; Lindner, María S.; Carribero, Alejandro; Fulco, Vanesa K.; Menéndez, María C.; Fernández Severini, Melisa D.; Diodato, Soledad L.; Berasategui, Anabela A.; Biancalana, Florencia; Berrier, Eloísa
- Abstract
The article discusses a study on the right whale foraging behavior and the characteristics of zooplankton in Pirámides Bay (PB) within Nuevo Gulf, Peninsula Valdes and describes the zooplankton composition and samples obtained while right whales were foraging in the area. A systematic monthly sampling programme was done at three stations situated on a line into the outer zone of PB. It indicates that the foraging behavior of southern right whales at the nursery ground of PB show a dense enough zooplankton patches to make feeding worthwhile.
- Subjects
VALDES Peninsula (Argentina); ARGENTINA; WHALES; SOUTHERN right whale; BALEEN whales; RIGHT whales; ZOOPLANKTON; ANIMAL feeding behavior; ANIMAL behavior
- Publication
Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografía (RBMO), 2010, Vol 45, Issue 1, p131
- ISSN
0717-3326
- Publication type
Article