Food items reported for Balaenoptera borealis
n = 23
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish squids (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Todarodes pacificus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Clupea harengus pallasi Canada juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sardinops sagax (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis japonicus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Theragra chalcogramma Canada juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Icosteus aenigmaticus Canada juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish lantern fish Canada juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Cololabis saira (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomber australasicus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomber japonicus (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods Calanus sp. (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods copepods (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Cyrtograpsus sp. Argentina adults
zoobenthos mollusks octopi Unspecified octopi Canada juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Euphausia pacifica (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Euphausia similis (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Thysanoessa gregaria (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Thysanoessa spinifera Canada juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Peltarion spinosulum Argentina adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans unspecified crab zoeas (not available) adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Neocalanus cristatus (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Neocalanus plumchrus (not available) juv./adults
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