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Prey items and predation behavior of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Nunavut, Canada based on Inuit hunter interviews

Overview of attention for article published in Aquatic Biosystems, January 2012
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10 news outlets
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5 blogs
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1 policy source
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17 X users
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10 Wikipedia pages
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Title
Prey items and predation behavior of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Nunavut, Canada based on Inuit hunter interviews
Published in
Aquatic Biosystems, January 2012
DOI 10.1186/2046-9063-8-3
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Authors

Steven H Ferguson, Jeff W Higdon, Kristin H Westdal

Abstract

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are the most widely distributed cetacean, occurring in all oceans worldwide, and within ocean regions different ecotypes are defined based on prey preferences. Prey items are largely unknown in the eastern Canadian Arctic and therefore we conducted a survey of Inuit Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) to provide information on the feeding ecology of killer whales. We compiled Inuit observations on killer whales and their prey items via 105 semi-directed interviews conducted in 11 eastern Nunavut communities (Kivalliq and Qikiqtaaluk regions) from 2007-2010.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 3 1%
Canada 2 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Unknown 207 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 40 19%
Student > Master 37 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 31 14%
Researcher 26 12%
Other 14 7%
Other 28 13%
Unknown 38 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 83 39%
Environmental Science 44 21%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 3%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 2%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 5 2%
Other 23 11%
Unknown 47 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 125. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 January 2024.
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#333,909
of 25,482,409 outputs
Outputs from Aquatic Biosystems
#1
of 74 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,792
of 253,695 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Aquatic Biosystems
#1
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