Killer whales in Chilean Patagonia: additional sightings, behavioural observations, and individual identifications

Very little is known about the killer whales (Orcinus orca) that frequent the waters of Chilean Patagonia. Even information as to whether identified individuals are visitors or residents of the region is unknown. Here, we report on opportunistically collected observations in this region from 2001 th...

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Autores principales:	Häussermann,Verena, Acevedo,Jorge, Försterra,Günter, Bailey,Michelle, Aguayo-Lobo,Anelio
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar 2013
Materias:	Orcinus orca Chilean fjord region group size feeding behaviour photo-identification catalogue
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-195720130001000072014-09-09Killer whales in Chilean Patagonia: additional sightings, behavioural observations, and individual identificationsHäussermann,VerenaAcevedo,JorgeFörsterra,GünterBailey,MichelleAguayo-Lobo,Anelio Orcinus orca Chilean fjord region group size feeding behaviour photo-identification catalogue Very little is known about the killer whales (Orcinus orca) that frequent the waters of Chilean Patagonia. Even information as to whether identified individuals are visitors or residents of the region is unknown. Here, we report on opportunistically collected observations in this region from 2001 through 2012. Killer whales were observed on 119 separate occasions in group sizes ranging from one to groups of over 50 individuals. We also describe observed behaviour and present a first catalogue of individuals in Chilean Patagonia. We identified 49 individuals, only seven of which were sighted more than once.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del MarRevista de biología marina y oceanografía v.48 n.1 20132013-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-19572013000100007en10.4067/S0718-19572013000100007
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language	English
topic	Orcinus orca Chilean fjord region group size feeding behaviour photo-identification catalogue
spellingShingle	Orcinus orca Chilean fjord region group size feeding behaviour photo-identification catalogue Häussermann,Verena Acevedo,Jorge Försterra,Günter Bailey,Michelle Aguayo-Lobo,Anelio Killer whales in Chilean Patagonia: additional sightings, behavioural observations, and individual identifications
description	Very little is known about the killer whales (Orcinus orca) that frequent the waters of Chilean Patagonia. Even information as to whether identified individuals are visitors or residents of the region is unknown. Here, we report on opportunistically collected observations in this region from 2001 through 2012. Killer whales were observed on 119 separate occasions in group sizes ranging from one to groups of over 50 individuals. We also describe observed behaviour and present a first catalogue of individuals in Chilean Patagonia. We identified 49 individuals, only seven of which were sighted more than once.
author	Häussermann,Verena Acevedo,Jorge Försterra,Günter Bailey,Michelle Aguayo-Lobo,Anelio
author_facet	Häussermann,Verena Acevedo,Jorge Försterra,Günter Bailey,Michelle Aguayo-Lobo,Anelio
author_sort	Häussermann,Verena
title	Killer whales in Chilean Patagonia: additional sightings, behavioural observations, and individual identifications
title_short	Killer whales in Chilean Patagonia: additional sightings, behavioural observations, and individual identifications
title_full	Killer whales in Chilean Patagonia: additional sightings, behavioural observations, and individual identifications
title_fullStr	Killer whales in Chilean Patagonia: additional sightings, behavioural observations, and individual identifications
title_full_unstemmed	Killer whales in Chilean Patagonia: additional sightings, behavioural observations, and individual identifications
title_sort	killer whales in chilean patagonia: additional sightings, behavioural observations, and individual identifications
publisher	Universidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar
publishDate	2013
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-19572013000100007
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Killer whales in Chilean Patagonia: additional sightings, behavioural observations, and individual identifications

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