KILLER WHALE ATTACKS ON MINKE WHALES: PREY CAPTURE AND ANTIPREDATOR TACTICS

By John K. B. Ford, G. Ellis, Dena R. Matkin, K. Balcomb, Datonye Briggs, A. Morton. 2005

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change

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In Atmospheric Science

1. D. Noren
2. John K. B. Ford
3. Rob Williams
4. J. Durban
5. R. Pitman
6. L. Barrett‐Lennard
7. C. Matkin
8. G. Ellis

In Ecology

1. D. Noren
2. J. Durban
3. John K. B. Ford
4. R. Pitman
5. G. Ellis
6. C. Matkin
7. Rob Williams
8. L. Barrett‐Lennard

In Global and Planetary Change

1. D. Noren
2. J. Durban
3. Rob Williams
4. R. Pitman
5. John K. B. Ford
6. G. Ellis
7. L. Barrett‐Lennard
8. John Calambokidis

Citations in the corpus

• Whale killers: Prevalence and ecological implications of killer whale predation on humpback whale calves off Western Australia (2015, background): “…southern right whales (Eubalaena australis), bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus), minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata and B. bonaerensis), and sei whales (B. borealis; Finley 1990, Ford et al. 2005, Reeves et al. 2006, Goodall et al. 2007, Barrett-Lennard et al. 2011, Haussermann et al. 2013).”
• Swimming speed, respiration rate, and estimated cost of transport in adult killer whales (2009, background): “…items for mammalhunting killer whales in the northeast Pacific (Baird 1994, Jefferson et al. 1991, Ford et al. 1998), while minke whales are only occasionally consumed (Ford et al. 2005), and coordinated attacks by killer whales on the large and fast balaenopterids are rare (Jefferson et al. 1991).”
• 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).”
• Selective foraging by fish-eating killer whales Orcinus orca in British Columbia (2006, background): “These species are relatively easy to capture and kill, and have a low probability of causing injury to the attacking whales (Baird & Dill 1995, Ford et al. 1998, 2005).”
• Fight or flight: antipredator strategies of baleen whales (2008, background): “While chasing minke whales in coastal waters of the northeastern Pacific, killer whales were observed swimming at speeds of at least 30 km/h at the outset, but this soon dropped as chases continued (Ford et al., 2005).”
• Cooperative hunting behavior, prey selectivity and prey handling by pack ice killer whales (Orcinus orca), type B, in Antarctic Peninsula waters (2012, background): “…made available during historical whaling operations or when gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calves are killed during northbound migration, killer whales often eat only the lips and tongues (Jefferson et al. 1991; Ford et al. 2005; Melnikov and Zagrebin 2005; Barrett-Lennard et al., in press).”