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| DOI | 10.1007/S00300-014-1535-5 | ||||
| Año | 2014 | ||||
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Autores Afiliación Chile
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Killer whales occur in Chilean waters, but their seasonality, diets, and overall distribution are poorly known. Here, we present data on group composition, site fidelity, and prey species of individual killer whales recorded in 63 sightings between 2004 and 2012 in the Chilean Patagonian fjords. Group sizes were small (mean = 5, SD = 2.5 for calf groups; mean = 3, SD = 1.5 for non-calf groups), and occurrence was significantly lower in summer months. Photographs enabled identification of 55 individuals from natural markings, and all resembled Southern Ocean type A killer whales. The species was transient in the area; the average presence was 1.7 days with 60 % of individuals seen only once. Occupancy was 3-44 days, and low levels of site fidelity were recorded (64 % of individuals were seen in only 1 year). Group composition at short time scales (3 months) remained stable, but we detected changes at longer time scales. Prey included fish, otariids, and seabirds. Twelve individual killer whales showed a broad dietary spectrum: 3 ate otariids and fish, 2 ate birds and otariids, and 7 ate otariids, birds, and possibly fish. Further research is needed to increase basic biological knowledge of these killer whales and to determine the relationship with type A killer whales from the Southern Ocean.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Capella, Juan | Hombre |
Fdn Yubarta - Colombia
Whale Sound Ltda - Chile Punta Arenas - Chile Fundacion Yubarta, Valle del Cauca - Colombia Whalesound Ltda - Chile |
| 2 | Abramson, Jose Z. | Hombre |
UNIV COMPLUTENSE - España
Universidad Complutense de Madrid - España |
| 3 | VILINA-LEIVA, YERKO ALFREDO | - |
Universidad Santo Tomás - Chile
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| 4 | Gibbons, Jorge | Hombre |
Universidad de Magallanes - Chile
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| Universidad Santo Tomás |
| FONDECYT-Chile |
| Universidad de Magallanes |
| Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo |
| Fundación Yubarta |
| Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo |
| Agencia Espanola de Cooperacion Internacional y Desarrollo |
| Whalesound Ltda. |
| Fun-dación Yubarta and Whalesound Ltda. |
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| This study was partially supported by the Fundacion Yubarta and Whalesound Ltda., grants D/010828/07 and D/010828/08 from the Agencia Espanola de Cooperacion Internacional y Desarrollo, INV-5-03-01 from the Universidad Santo Tomas, No 021500 from Universidad de Magallanes, and Grant 029700 from Fondecyt-Chile. The authors wish to thank the Ministerio de Bienes Nacionales, the IFOP, the DIRECTEMAR, and the Ministerio del Medio Ambiente for providing facilities to conduct the study. We wish to thank Patricio T. Huerta and Natalie Goodall for their comments and review of the manuscript. We also wish to thank Robert L. Pitman, two anonymous reviewers, and the editor for their insightful suggestions and useful comments. |
| Acknowledgments This study was partially supported by the Fun-dación Yubarta and Whalesound Ltda., grants D/010828/07 and D/010828/08 from the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internac-ional y Desarrollo, INV-5-03-01 from the Universidad Santo Tomás, N° 021500 from Universidad de Magallanes, and Grant 029700 from Fondecyt-Chile. The authors wish to thank the Ministerio de Bienes Nacionales, the IFOP, the DIRECTEMAR, and the Ministerio del Medio Ambiente for providing facilities to conduct the study. We wish to thank Patricio T. Huerta and Natalie Goodall for their comments and review of the manuscript. We also wish to thank Robert L. Pitman, two anonymous reviewers, and the editor for their insightful suggestions and useful comments. |