Disturbance of benthic habitats and nutrient cycling

Apr 18, 2017 ... So blue whales don't just eat anything. “The whale bypasses certain krill patches – presumably because the nutritional payoff isn't sufficient – ... Feb 12, 2021 ... So you know what blue whales eat and how big they get. You can also answer the question, “Where are blue whales found?” — now it's time to see ... Jan 6, 2023 ... What do blue whales eat? Blue whales feed almost exclusively on krill. During the summer months, they can consume as much as 40 million ... Dec 4, 2020 ... Due to their size, blue whales are not often preyed upon, though pods of marine mammal eating orca whales will sometimes attack and share ... Feb 6, 2024 ... It is true that they mainly they do eat Krill but, yes they do sometimes hunt small fish and even if they could tell what was Krill and what was ... Jun 2, 2022 ... Blue, right and grey whales generally have the smallest prey size, while humpback, fin, minke and sei whales can eat larger prey such as fish. Nov 3, 2021 ... The researchers came to their troubling conclusion after asking a very fundamental question: How much do whales eat? ... blue and humpback ... Nov 3, 2021 ... "Blue whales might lunge into a prey patch 200 times a day," he says. "Humpback whales might do it 500 times a day." After all this eating comes ... Jan 10, 2023 ... If you've seen a blue whale feed, you'll know that they take enormous gulps of seawater and then filter their food – miniscule, shrimp-like ... ... blue whales would find Stellwagen uninhabitable for any length of time. Quite simply, there is little here for a blue whale to eat. Krill, the favored food ...