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| Title |
Prey items and predation behavior of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Nunavut, Canada based on Inuit hunter interviews
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| Published in |
Aquatic Biosystems, January 2012
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| 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. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 17 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 18% |
| Canada | 2 | 12% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 6% |
| Portugal | 1 | 6% |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |
| Spain | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 7 | 41% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 15 | 88% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 6% |
| Scientists | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 220 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 213 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 40 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 37 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 14% |
| Researcher | 28 | 13% |
| Other | 14 | 6% |
| Other | 31 | 14% |
| Unknown | 39 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 84 | 38% |
| Environmental Science | 44 | 20% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 3% |
| Unspecified | 6 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 26 | 12% |
| Unknown | 48 | 22% |
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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#338,465
of 25,837,817 outputs
Outputs from Aquatic Biosystems
#1
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#1,810
of 256,498 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Aquatic Biosystems
#1
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Altmetric has tracked 25,837,817 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 74 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 11.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 98% of its peers.
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