Underwater acrobatics by the world's largest predator: 360° rolling manoeuvres by lunge-feeding blue whales

The extreme body size of blue whales requires a high energy intake and therefore demands efficient foraging strategies. As an obligate lunge feeder on aggregations of small zooplankton, blue whales engulf a large volume of prey-laden water in a single, rapid gulp. The efficiency of this feeding mech...

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Autori principali: Goldbogen, Jeremy A., Calambokidis, John, Friedlaender, Ari S., Francis, John, DeRuiter, Stacy L., Stimpert, Alison K., Falcone, Erin, Southall, Brandon L.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: The Royal Society 2013
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Marine Biology
Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3565519/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23193050
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2012.0986
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