title: Feeding of sea lampreys Petromyzon marinus on minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata in the St Lawrence Estuary, Canada.
abstract: Sea lampreys Petromyzon marinus were observed on 109 occasions on 47 individual minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata. Bloody lesions could be identified as previous attachment sites, indicating P. marinus feeding on B. acutorostrata blood.
authors.affiliation: Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, 5 Holway Avenue, Provincetown, MA 02657, USA. nichols@coastalstudies.org
authors.forename: O C
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Nichols
authors.forename: U T
authors.initials: UT
authors.lastname: Tscherter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002170:Canada; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D050636:Minke Whale / Q000469:parasitology*; D048428:Petromyzon / Q000502:physiology*