Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on beaked whales (Mesoplodon spp.) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia
| dc.contributor.author | Wellard, R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lightbody, K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fouda, L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Blewitt, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Riggs, D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Erbe, Christine | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-15T22:27:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-15T22:27:39Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2017-03-14T06:55:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Wellard, R. and Lightbody, K. and Fouda, L. and Blewitt, M. and Riggs, D. and Erbe, C. 2016. Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on beaked whales (Mesoplodon spp.) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia. PLoS One. 11(12): e0166670. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50720 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0166670 | |
| dc.description.abstract |
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. | |
| dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.title | Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on beaked whales (Mesoplodon spp.) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| dcterms.source.volume | 11 | |
| dcterms.source.number | 12 | |
| dcterms.source.startPage | --- | |
| dcterms.source.issn | 1932-6203 | |
| dcterms.source.title | PLoS One | |
| curtin.department | Centre for Marine Science and Technology | |
| curtin.accessStatus | Open access |
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