The advantages of diving deep: Fin whales quadruple their energy intake when targeting deep krill patches

Abstract

How predators maximize energetic gains while minimizing the costs associated with exploiting heterogeneous prey remains a difficult ecological principle to test in natural systems.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Nov 05, 2019
Source ID
10.1111/1365-2435.13471

Entities

People

  • Alison K. Stimpert
  • Ann N. Allen
  • Ari S. Friedlaender
  • Brandon L. Southall
  • David E. Cade
  • Elliott L. Hazen
  • Fleur Visser
  • James A. Fahlbusch
  • Jeremy A. Goldbogen
  • John Calambokidis
  • Matthew T. Bowers
  • Paolo S Segre

Organizations

  • Colorado State University
  • Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
  • Office of Naval Research
  • Southwest Fisheries Science Center
  • Stanford University
  • University of California, Santa Cruz

Tags

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Marine Mammal Biology