MARB 403 Table 2.2
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| Species | Region | Items of diet | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NON-FISH-EATERS | |||
| Bowhead Whale | European Arctic | Crustacea: Calanus | |
| Beaufort and Chukchi Seas | Crustacea: Calanus | ||
| Right Whale | North Atlantic | Crustacea: Calanus, Meganyctiphanes, Thysanoessa | |
| North Pacific | Crustacea: Thysanoessa, Calanus | ||
| Southern Ocean | Crustacea: Calanus, Euphausia | ||
| Blue Whale | North Atlantic | Crustacea: Thysanoessa, Temora, Meganyctiphanes | |
| North Pacific | Crustacea: Thysanoessa, Nematoscelis | ||
| Southern Ocean | Crustacea Euphausia | ||
| Gray Whale | Eastern North Pacific Bering Sea Chukchi Sea |
Crustacea: Pachycheles, Fabia, Pleuroncodes, Nephrops, Atylus, Amplisca, Polychaeta | |
| FISH-EATERS | |||
| Fin Whale | North Atlantic | Crustacea: Thysanoessa, Meganyctiphanes, Calanus (by young animals) Fish: Clupea, Mallotus | |
| North Pacific, Chukchi Sea | Crustacea: Calanus, Thysanoessa, Euphausia Fish: Sardinella, Theragra Squid: Ommastrephidae | ||
| Southern Ocean | Crustacea: Euphausia, Thysanoessa | ||
| Sei Whale | North Atlantic | Crustacea: Calanus, Temora, Meganyctiphanes | |
| North Pacific | Crustacea: Calanus, Eucalanus, Metridia, Thysanoessa Fish: Engraulis, Sardinops, Cololabis, Myctophidae | ||
| Southern Ocean | Crustacea: Calanus, Parathemisto, Clausocalanus | ||
| Bryde's Whale | North Pacific | Crustacea: Euphausia, Thysanoessa | |
| Southeast Indian Ocean | Fish: Engraulis | ||
| South Atlantic (inshore) | Fish: Engraulis, Trachurus, Sardinops | ||
| South Atlantic (offshore) | Crustacea: Euphausia, Nyctiphanes, Thysanoessa | ||
| Humpback Whale | North Atlantic | Crustacea: Meganyctiphanes Fish: Clupea, Mallotus | |
| North Pacific Bering Sea |
Crustacea: Mysis, Pandalus, Pseudoeuphausia, Thysanoessa Fish: Chupea, Mallotus, Boreogadus | ||
| Southern Ocean | Crustacea: Euphausia, Nyctiphanes, Thysanoessa | ||