Estimation of the Consumption of Nekton and Plankton by the Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata |
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| Authors: | Konchina Yu V Pavlov Yu P |
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| Institution: | (1) All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), Moscow, 107140, Russia |
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| Abstract: | This is a review of the data available on the population subdivision and life cycle of the Minke whale, the most abundant whalebone whale in the World Ocean. Different methods of estimation and calculation of the rate of food consumption by this species, the latter including those developed for the Sea of Okhotsk, are compared. |
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| Keywords: | population structure life cycle feeding peculiarities daily ration food consumption estimation |
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