Examining the evidence for killer whale predation on Steller sea lions in British Columbia and Alaska

By Kathy Heise, E. Saulitis, C. Matkin, David E. Bain, Vancouver Aquarium. 2003

87 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Developmental Biology, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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In Developmental Biology

1. John K. B. Ford
2. G. Ellis
3. J. Durban
4. C. Matkin
5. P. Wade
6. K. Balcomb
7. R. Pitman
8. M. Dahlheim

In Ecology

1. John K. B. Ford
2. J. Durban
3. R. Pitman
4. G. Ellis
5. L. Barrett‐Lennard
6. C. Matkin
7. K. Balcomb
8. P. Wade

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. John K. B. Ford
2. K. Balcomb
3. G. Ellis

Citations in the corpus

• Eastern Temperate North Pacific Offshore Killer Whales ( Orcinus orca ): Occurrence, Movements, and Insights into Feeding Ecology (2008, background): “An inspection of the stomach contents of two stranded offshore killer whales noted both salmon bones (Oncorhynchus sp.) and sculpin (Cottus sp.) (Heise et al. 2003).”
• Cooperative hunting behavior, prey selectivity and prey handling by pack ice killer whales (Orcinus orca), type B, in Antarctic Peninsula waters (2012, background): “For example, Heise et al. (2003) reported that stranded mammal-eating killer whales in Alaska sometimes had harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) skin in their stomachs, but that feeding whales sometimes removed the skin from harbor seals and discarded it before eating them.”
• Shark predation and tooth wear in a population of northeastern Pacific killer whales (2011, background): “As these whales had been entrapped within the lake for 6 to 10 wk prior to death (Heise et al. 2003), these remains may not reflect normal feeding behaviour.”
• Ongoing population-level impacts on killer whales Orcinus orca following the 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska (2008, background): “The AT1 whales feed primarily on the harbor seal Phoca vitulina and Dall’s porpoise Phocoenoides dalli (Saulitis et al. 2000, Heise et al. 2003).”
• KILLER WHALES AND MARINE MAMMAL TRENDS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC—A RE-EXAMINATION OF EVIDENCE FOR SEQUENTIAL MEGAFAUNA COLLAPSE AND THE PREY-SWITCHING HYPOTHESIS (2007, background): “: KILLER WHALES AND MARINE MAMMAL TRENDS 775 included Rice (1968); Lowry et al. (1987); Jefferson et al. (1991); Matkin and Saulitis (1994); Barrrett-Lennard et al. (1995); Ford et al. (1998); Hatfield et al. (1998); Saulitis et al. (2000); Heise et al. (2003); and Ford et al. (2005).”