Functional design and use of acoustic signals produced by killer whales (Orcinus orca) [PDF]
, 2012 This study aimed to investigate possible functions of the sounds produced by herring-eating killer whales in the Northeast Atlantic. In this study, I investigated the whistle repertoire of killer whales, which had previously only been studied in ...
Samarra, Filipa Isabel Pereira
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Competing conservation objectives for predators and prey : estimating killer whale prey requirements for Chinook salmon [PDF]
, 2011 Ecosystem-based management (EBM) of marine resources attempts to conserve interacting species. In contrast to single-species fisheries management, EBM aims to identify and resolve conflicting objectives for different species.
Erin Ashe +32 more
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Population dynamics and distribution of northern Norwegian killer whales in relation to wintering herring [PDF]
, 2014 The northern Norwegian killer whale (Orcinus orca) is an important predator but little is known about its population dynamics, particular in response to changes in its main prey, the highly dynamic Norwegian spring spawning (NSS) herring (Clupea harengus)
Kuningas, Sanna
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Stomach contents of the archaeocete Basilosaurus isis: Apex predator in oceans of the late Eocene.
PLoS ONE, 2019 Apex predators live at the top of an ecological pyramid, preying on animals in the pyramid below and normally immune from predation themselves. Apex predators are often, but not always, the largest animals of their kind.
Manja Voss +3 more
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Mammalogy Notes, 2016 In the sea, the most common predators of adult sea turtles are sharks (i.e., Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharodon carcharias, Galeocerdo cuvier) (Witzell 1987, Cliff & Dudley 1991, Fergusson et al. 2000) and killer whales (Orcinus orca) (Fertl & Fulling 2007)
Hansel Herrera +2 more
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Orca – Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) [PDF]
, 2017 Mamíferos - Orden Cetacea - Familia Delphinidae en la Enciclopedia Virtual de Vertebrados Españoles, http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/. Versiones anteriores: 20-06-2011A comprehensive review of the natural history of the Killer Whale Orcinus orca in ...
Miján, Ismael +2 more
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Orca (Orcinus orca) observations in the Arabian (Persian) Gulf
, 2022 Orca (Orcinus orca) observations in the Arabian (Persian ...
Salah Jazzaf (14103527) +2 more
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Evidence of killer whale predation on a yearling bowhead whale in Cumberland Sound, Nunavut
Arctic Science, 2020 Accounts of killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on marine mammals in the Canadian Arctic are relatively uncommon. Although second-hand reports of killer whale predation events in the Arctic are more common in recent years, these observations are ...
Brent G. Young +5 more
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Representações cinematográficas das orcas
Revista Thema, 2022 O cinema pode criar perspectivas acerca dos temas que retrata, o que inclui abordagens fílmicas voltadas para diferentes espécies de organismos, como ocorre no caso de diferentes animais marinhos.
Isadora Santos Decanini Marangoni +1 more
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Classification of large acoustic datasets using machine learning and crowdsourcing : application to whale calls [PDF]
, 2014 A.M.v.B.B. acknowledges support from the Sea Mammal Research Unit at the University of St. Andrews (Professor Ian Boyd) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for the Whale FM project. P.T.
Filipa Samarra +17 more
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