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- Title
Stomach contents of long-finned pilot whales ( Globicephala melas) from southern Chile.
- Authors
Mansilla, Lorena; Olavarría, Carlos; Vega, Marco
- Abstract
The widely distributed long-finned pilot whale ( Globicephala melas) has been reported off the Chilean coast, from Iquique (20°12′S) south to Navarino Island (55°15′S; 67°30′W), but little is known about its biology or ecology in the region. Here, we report on the prey of this species, identified by stomach content analyses from animals stranded on Holget Islets, Beagle Channel, southern Chile in August 2006. The stomachs of seven individuals (six females and one male) contained cephalopod remains. The prey composition found in these southern Chilean pilot whales was similar to that described in other parts of the world and the Southern Ocean. This is the first report on the feeding habits of this species from Chile.
- Subjects
NAVARINO Island (Chile); CHILE; GASTROINTESTINAL contents; GLOBICEPHALA melaena; CEPHALOPODA; MICROSCOPES
- Publication
Polar Biology, 2012, Vol 35, Issue 12, p1929
- ISSN
0722-4060
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00300-012-1222-3