Laboute P., Borsa Philippe. (2018). A feeding aggregation of Omura's whale, Balaenoptera omurai, off Nosy Be, Mozambique Channel. Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science, 17 (1), p. 93-97. ISSN 0856-860X.
Titre du document
A feeding aggregation of Omura's whale, Balaenoptera omurai, off Nosy Be, Mozambique Channel
Année de publication
2018
Type de document
Article
Auteurs
Laboute P., Borsa Philippe
Source
Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science, 2018,
17 (1), p. 93-97 ISSN 0856-860X
A feeding aggregation of Omura's whales Balaenoptera omurai was documented off Nosy Be Island at the northeastern entrance of the Mozambique Channel in November 1994. Underwater photographs of live individuals illustrated sub-surface skimming as main feeding behaviour, with small crustaceans, small jellyfish, and other gelatinous micronecton identified as prey. A precise description of the whales’ pigmentation patterns completes previous descriptions from the recent literature.
Plan de classement
Dynamique de populations / modélisation [036MILMAR01]
