MARB 403 Table 5.1

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Orca Pod Differing Characteristics

between resident and transient killer whales in nearshore waters of the eastern North Pacific

morphology/genetics
Shape of dorsal fin [1] [2]
Saddle patch pigmentation [3]
Possibly eye patch pigmentation [4]
Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA [5] [6] [7]
behavior/ecology
Diet [1] [8] [9] [10]
Travel patterns/habitat use [11] [9] [12]
Respiration patters [9]
Vocalizations [13] [9]
Echolocation [14]
Amplitude of exhalations [15] [16]
Possibly diving patterns [16]
Group Size [1] [9] [10]
Pattern and extent of natal philopatry [1] [10]
Seasonal occurrence [17] [9] [12]
Geographic range[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Bigg et al. 1987
  2. Bain 1989
  3. Baird and Stacey 1988
  4. D. Ellifrit, personal communication, cited in Baird 1994
  5. Stevens et al. 1989
  6. Hoelzel and Dover 1991a
  7. Hoelzel et al. 1998a
  8. Bigg et al. 1990a
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 Morton 1990
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Baird and Dill 1996
  11. Heimlich-Boran 1988
  12. 12.0 12.1 Baird and Dill 1995
  13. Ford and Hubbard-Morton 1990
  14. Barrett-Lennard et al. 1996a
  15. Baird et al. 1992
  16. 16.0 16.1 Baird 1994
  17. Guinet 1990