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“Porpicide” in California: Killing of harbor porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena ) by coastal bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus )NARA Subscribed
Between 2007 and 2009, we witnessed three aggressive interactions between harbor porpoises and bottlenose dolphins in Monterey Bay, California. This is the first time such aggression has been documented in the Pacific, and the first time a harbor porpoise was collected immediately after witnessing its death, inflicted by bottlenose dolphins. Of the bottlenose dolphins present, 92% were males either confirmed (61%) or putative...
Assessing Killer Whale Predation on Steller Sea Lions from Field Observations in Kenai Fjords, AlaskaNARA Subscribed
The behavioral and predatory patterns of Gulf of Alaska (GOA) transient killer whales ( Orcinus orca ) were studied between 2000 and 2005 using remote video and vessel‐based observations near the Chiswell Island Steller sea lion ( Eumetopias jubatus ) rookery and in the broader Kenai Fjords (KF) region of the northern GOA. GOA transient killer whales were observed on 118 d over the 6‐yr period; the median group size was two (r...
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