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Feeding of sea lampreys Petromyzon marinus on minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata in the St Lawrence Estuary, Canada
Author(s) -
Nichols O. C.,
Tscherter U. T.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02842.x
Subject(s) - minke whale , balaenoptera , petromyzon , biology , fishery , sexing , estuary , zoology , whale , lamprey
Sea lampreys Petromyzon marinus were observed on 109 occasions on 47 individual minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata . Bloody lesions could be identified as previous attachment sites, indicating P. marinus feeding on B. acutorostrata blood.