Bowhead whales overwinter in the Amundsen Gulf and Eastern Beaufort Sea
The bowhead whale is the only baleen whale endemic to the Arctic and is well adapted to this environment. Bowheads live near the polar ice edge for much of the year and although sea ice dynamics are not the only driver of their annual migratory movements, it likely plays a key role. Given the intrin...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rsos.202268 2024-09-15T17:38:52+00:00 Bowhead whales overwinter in the Amundsen Gulf and Eastern Beaufort Sea Insley, S. J. Halliday, W. D. Mouy, X. Diogou, N. Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship W. Garfield Weston Foundation Fisheries Joint Management Committee of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202268 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.202268 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsos.202268 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Royal Society Open Science volume 8, issue 4 ISSN 2054-5703 journal-article 2021 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202268 2024-07-15T04:26:41Z The bowhead whale is the only baleen whale endemic to the Arctic and is well adapted to this environment. Bowheads live near the polar ice edge for much of the year and although sea ice dynamics are not the only driver of their annual migratory movements, it likely plays a key role. Given the intrinsic variability of open water and ice, one might expect bowhead migratory plasticity to be high and linked to this proximate environmental factor. Here, through a network of underwater passive acoustic recorders, we document the first known occurrence of bowheads overwintering in what is normally their summer foraging grounds in the Amundsen Gulf and eastern Beaufort Sea. The underlying question is whether this is the leading edge of a phenological shift in a species' migratory behaviour in an environment undergoing dramatic shifts due to climate change. Article in Journal/Newspaper Amundsen Gulf baleen whale Beaufort Sea bowhead whale Climate change Sea ice The Royal Society Royal Society Open Science 8 4 |
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The bowhead whale is the only baleen whale endemic to the Arctic and is well adapted to this environment. Bowheads live near the polar ice edge for much of the year and although sea ice dynamics are not the only driver of their annual migratory movements, it likely plays a key role. Given the intrinsic variability of open water and ice, one might expect bowhead migratory plasticity to be high and linked to this proximate environmental factor. Here, through a network of underwater passive acoustic recorders, we document the first known occurrence of bowheads overwintering in what is normally their summer foraging grounds in the Amundsen Gulf and eastern Beaufort Sea. The underlying question is whether this is the leading edge of a phenological shift in a species' migratory behaviour in an environment undergoing dramatic shifts due to climate change. |
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Insley, S. J. Halliday, W. D. Mouy, X. Diogou, N. Bowhead whales overwinter in the Amundsen Gulf and Eastern Beaufort Sea |
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Insley, S. J. Halliday, W. D. Mouy, X. Diogou, N. |
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Bowhead whales overwinter in the Amundsen Gulf and Eastern Beaufort Sea |
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Bowhead whales overwinter in the Amundsen Gulf and Eastern Beaufort Sea |
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Bowhead whales overwinter in the Amundsen Gulf and Eastern Beaufort Sea |
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Bowhead whales overwinter in the Amundsen Gulf and Eastern Beaufort Sea |
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Bowhead whales overwinter in the Amundsen Gulf and Eastern Beaufort Sea |
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bowhead whales overwinter in the amundsen gulf and eastern beaufort sea |
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