How Baleen Whales Feed: The Biomechanics of Engulfment and Filtration
Baleen whales are gigantic obligate filter feeders that exploit aggregations of small-bodied prey in littoral, epipelagic, and mesopelagic ecosystems. At
Foraging behavior of humpback whales: kinematic and respiratory patterns suggest a high cost for a lunge
Lunge feeding in rorqual whales is a drag-based feeding mechanism that is thought to entail a high energetic cost and
A theory for the hydrodynamics of whale flukeprints
Whale flukeprints are an often observed, but poorly understood, phenomenon. Used bywhale researchers to locate whales, flukeprints refer to a
Scaling of lunge-feeding performance in rorqual whales: mass-specific energy expenditure increases with body size and progressively limits diving capacity
1. Diving capacity generally increases with body size both within and among taxanomic groups because of the differential scaling between
Using accelerometers to determine the calling behavior of tagged baleen whales
Low-frequency acoustic signals generated by baleen whales can propagate over vast distances, making the assignment of calls to specific individuals