• DOI:10.1016/S0967-0645(98)80017-9
Corpus ID: 128777161

Blue whale habitat and prey in the California Channel Islands

@article{Fiedler1998BlueWH,
  title={Blue whale habitat and prey in the California Channel Islands},
  author={P. Fiedler and Stephen B. Reilly and R. Hewitt and D. Demer and Valerie A. Philbrick and S. E. Smith and W. Armstrong and D. Croll and B. Tershy and B. Mate},
  journal={Deep-sea Research Part Ii-topical Studies in Oceanography},
  year={1998},
  volume={45},
  pages={1781-1801}
}

P. Fiedler, Stephen B. Reilly, +7 authors B. Mate

Published 1998

Geography

Deep-sea Research Part Ii-topical Studies in Oceanography

Abstract Whale Habitat and Prey Studies were conducted off southern California during August 1995 (WHAPS95) and July 1996 (WHAPS96) to (1) study the distribution and activities of blue whales and other large whales, (2) survey the distribution of prey organisms (krill), and (3) measure physical and biological habitat variables that influence the distribution of whales and prey. A total of 1307 cetacean sightings included 460 blue whale, 78 fin whale and 101 humpback whale sightings. Most blue… CONTINUE READING

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