Accession Number:

AD0777904

Title:

Relationship between the Distribution of Zooplankton, Sea Birds and Baleen Whales (O Cvyazyakh v Raspredelenii Zooplanktona Morskikh Ptits i Usatykykh Kitov),

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Gudkov,V. M.

Report Date:

1974-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

22.0

Abstract:

The author made observations of the distribution of sea birds, plankton, and baleen whales in the Bering Sea during a 1955 expedition on the RV NERPA. The high coincidence of all three in time and space results from the plankton Calanus plumchrus, C. cristatus, and Thysanoessa raschii forming a common food for birds and whales. Concentrations of marine birds principally Puffinus griseus, P. tenuirostris, Diomedea immutabilis, and D. nigripes are prime indicators to whalers of plankton masses and feeding baleen whales. Author

Descriptors:

• *MARINE BIOLOGY
• *BERING SEA
• BIRDS
• PLANKTON
• WHALES
• DISTRIBUTION
• CETACEA
• FOOD
• TRANSLATIONS
• USSR

Subject Categories:

• Biological Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE