Name - Orcinus orca

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:15681 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Orcinus orca (Linnaeus 1758)

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Species

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Recent Publications

• Social cohesion among kin, gene flow without dispersal and the evolution of population genetic structure in the killer whale (Orcinus orca).
• Changing durations of southern resident killer whale (Orcinus orca) discrete calls between two periods spanning 28 years.
• Close approaches by vessels elicit surface active behaviors by southern resident killer whales.
• Linking killer whale survival and prey abundance: food limitation in the oceans' apex predator?
• Cost-effective abundance estimation of rare animals: testing performance of small-boat surveys for killer whales in British Columbia.

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