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. 2021 Mar 31;7(14):eabf5908. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abf5908

Fig. 4. Deep-sea foraging niche differentiation in cetacean top predators.

Fig. 4

Risso’s dolphin (G. griseus) and Cuvier’s beaked whale (Z. cavirostris) depth distributions of prey capture attempts (buzzes; violin plots) show discrete foraging zones for the two cetacean predators. Both predators perform two foraging dive types targeting different zones: mesopelagic (MESO) and shallow (SH) for Risso’s dolphin and deep-wide (DW) and deep layer-restricted (DLR) into the lower meso- and bathypelagic for Cuvier’s beaked whale. Foraging zones of both predators match with the presence of diverse cephalopod prey communities (bar plots; color indicates the number of taxa that are prey for both or either predator).