The relationship among oceanography, prey fields, and beaked whale foraging habitat in the Tongue of the Ocean.

Beaked whales, specifically Blainville's (Mesoplodon densirostris) and Cuvier's (Ziphius cavirostris), are known to feed in the Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas. These whales can be reliably detected and often localized within the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) acoustic s...

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Main Authors: Elliott L Hazen, Douglas P Nowacek, Louis St Laurent, Patrick N Halpin, David J Moretti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3083412?pdf=render