Intra‐season variations in distribution and abundance of humpback whales in the West Antarctic Peninsula using cruise vessels as opportunistic platforms

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Johannessen, John Elling Deehr, Biuw, Martin, Lindstrøm, Ulf, Ollus, Victoria Marja Sofia, Martín López, Lucía Martina, Gkikopoulou, Kalliopi C., Oosthuizen, Wessel Chris, Lowther, Andrew
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Gerlache; Gerlache Strait; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8571; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.8571; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ece3.8571

Abstract Fine‐scale knowledge of spatiotemporal dynamics in cetacean distribution and abundance throughout the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is sparse yet essential for effective ecosystem‐based management (EBM). Cruise vessels were used as platforms of opportunity to collect data on the distrib...