New Determination of Prey and Parasite Species for Northern Indian Ocean Blue Whales

Blue whales are little studied, face significant anthropogenic threats and within the Northern Indian Ocean, have a restricted range, making them an archetype for conservation needs of megafauna around the world. We studied feeding behavior of blue whales using dietary DNA metabarcoding of fecal sam...

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Main Authors: Asha de Vos, Cassandra E. Faux, James Marthick, Joanne Dickinson, Simon N. Jarman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2018.00104/full