Killer whale: Orcinus orca

JKB Ford - Encyclopedia of marine mammals, 2009 - Elsevier
killer whale or Orcinus orca. With its striking black and white markings and cosmopolitan range,
the killer whale, or orca, is … At birth, neonate killer whales are approximately 2–2.5 m long …

Pod‐specific demography of killer whales (Orcinus orca)

S Brault, H Caswell - Ecology, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
… characterization of the killer whale (population growth rate, stable … of our results for killer
whale biology and management. … analysis for the entire killer whale population (Olesiuk et al. …

Three forms of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Antarctic waters

RL Pitman, P Ensor - J. Cetacean Res. Manage., 2003 - journal.iwc.int
… This paper provides field descriptions and biological observations of three different forms
of killer whale (Orcinus orca) that occur in Antarctica based on field observations and a review …

Behavioral ecology of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the Pacific Northwest

JR Heimlich-Boran - Canadian Journal of zoology, 1988 - cdnsciencepub.com
… Addition of the leatherback sea turtle to the known prey of the killer whale, Orcinus orca. J. …
Killer whale (Orcinus orca) dialects as an indicator of stocks in British Columbia. Int. Whaling

[PDF][PDF] Status of killer whales, Orcinus orca, in Canada

RW Baird - Canadian Field-Naturalist, 2001 - whitelab.biology.dal.ca
… The Killer Whale or épaulard, Orcinus orca (Linnaeus l758) is found in all three of Canada's
oceans (Figure l). In the Pacific they are the most wellknown cetacean both to the scientific …

North Atlantic killer whale Orcinus orca populations: a review of current knowledge and threats to conservation

E Jourdain, F Ugarte, GA Víkingsson… - Mammal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… Distribution and number of published investigations of killer whales Orcinus orca (see
Methods), as cited in the present review, per topic and per study region across the North Atlantic. …

A review of Canadian Arctic killer whale (Orcinus orca) ecology

KJ Lefort, CJD Matthews, JW Higdon… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
killer whale presence during the open-water period. In this review, we summarize our knowledge
of Canadian Arctic killer whale … our knowledge of killer whale population size and trends…

Bioenergetics in the killer whale, Orcinus orca

B Kriete - 1994 - open.library.ubc.ca
… To shed some light on whether cetaceans, and in particular killer whales, Orcinus orca, …
and sex classes of killer whales require. Three studies, two of them on killer whales in different …

Behavioural responses of killer whales (Orcinus orca) to whale-watching boats: opportunistic observations and experimental approaches

R Williams, AW Trites, DE Bain - Journal of Zoology, 2002 - cambridge.org
… the northern resident killer whales Orcinus orca of British Columbia. The site is also an active
whale-… In fact, many people are concerned that the killer whale is now too popular in British …

Status review of southern resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) under the Endangered Species Act

MM Krahn, PR Wade, ST Kalinowski, ME Dahlheim… - 2002 - repository.library.noaa.gov
… from killer whales that was helpful in BRT deliberations. In addition, we thank Rus Hoelzel
for his numerous contributions on killer whale genetics and valuable insights into killer whale