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Diet of pygmy sperm whales ( Kogia breviceps ) in the Hawaiian Archipelago
Author(s) -
West Kristi L.,
Walker William A.,
Baird Robin W.,
White Whitney,
Levine Gregg,
Brown Eric,
Schofield David
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
marine mammal science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.723
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1748-7692
pISSN - 0824-0469
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00295.x
Subject(s) - national park , archipelago , arctic , oceanography , geography , ecology , fishery , archaeology , biology , geology
). Despite the high frequency of strandings,sightings of this species in Hawaiian waters are rare (Baird 2005). Given the lownumber of sightings, examination of stranded animals provides virtually the onlymeans to study the biology and ecology of pygmy sperm whales in the area.Pygmy sperm whales are recorded as feeding primarily on cephalopods from mostlocationswherestomachcontentshavebeenexamined(Wang