Influence of environmental variability on distribution and relative abundance of baleen whales (suborder Mysticeti) in the Gulf of California
Abstract The Gulf of California (GC) is one of the most productive seas in the Pacific Ocean because of several oceanographic phenomena that support many marine mammal species, particularly of the cetacean order. The environmental variability of the GC was analysed during the cold and warm periods o...
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crwiley:10.1111/maec.12479 2024-09-30T14:32:46+00:00 Influence of environmental variability on distribution and relative abundance of baleen whales (suborder Mysticeti) in the Gulf of California García‐Morales, Ricardo Pérez‐Lezama, Edgar Leonardo Shirasago‐Germán, Bernardo Comisión de Operación y Fomento de Actividades Académicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maec.12479 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fmaec.12479 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/maec.12479 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Marine Ecology volume 38, issue 6 ISSN 0173-9565 1439-0485 journal-article 2017 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12479 2024-09-03T04:23:55Z Abstract The Gulf of California (GC) is one of the most productive seas in the Pacific Ocean because of several oceanographic phenomena that support many marine mammal species, particularly of the cetacean order. The environmental variability of the GC was analysed during the cold and warm periods of 2005 and 2006 and its effects on the distribution and relative abundance of baleen whales using sea surface temperature (SST) and chlorophyll a (Chl a ) concentration. Satellite image analysis allowed us to detect important differences in both Chl a concentration and SST including cold to warm periods, even between the two cold periods and between the two warm periods. The cold periods had the highest number of whales: 99 individuals in 2005 and 183 in 2006, which were distributed along the entire gulf. Fewer animals were recorded in the warm period: 46 individuals in 2005 and 30 in 2006, which were mainly distributed in the northern part of the gulf. We concluded that SST influenced the relative abundance of baleen whales while Chl a concentration influenced their distribution. Article in Journal/Newspaper baleen whales Wiley Online Library Pacific Marine Ecology 38 6 e12479 |
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Abstract The Gulf of California (GC) is one of the most productive seas in the Pacific Ocean because of several oceanographic phenomena that support many marine mammal species, particularly of the cetacean order. The environmental variability of the GC was analysed during the cold and warm periods of 2005 and 2006 and its effects on the distribution and relative abundance of baleen whales using sea surface temperature (SST) and chlorophyll a (Chl a ) concentration. Satellite image analysis allowed us to detect important differences in both Chl a concentration and SST including cold to warm periods, even between the two cold periods and between the two warm periods. The cold periods had the highest number of whales: 99 individuals in 2005 and 183 in 2006, which were distributed along the entire gulf. Fewer animals were recorded in the warm period: 46 individuals in 2005 and 30 in 2006, which were mainly distributed in the northern part of the gulf. We concluded that SST influenced the relative abundance of baleen whales while Chl a concentration influenced their distribution. |
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García‐Morales, Ricardo Pérez‐Lezama, Edgar Leonardo Shirasago‐Germán, Bernardo Influence of environmental variability on distribution and relative abundance of baleen whales (suborder Mysticeti) in the Gulf of California |
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García‐Morales, Ricardo Pérez‐Lezama, Edgar Leonardo Shirasago‐Germán, Bernardo |
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Influence of environmental variability on distribution and relative abundance of baleen whales (suborder Mysticeti) in the Gulf of California |
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Influence of environmental variability on distribution and relative abundance of baleen whales (suborder Mysticeti) in the Gulf of California |
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Influence of environmental variability on distribution and relative abundance of baleen whales (suborder Mysticeti) in the Gulf of California |
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Influence of environmental variability on distribution and relative abundance of baleen whales (suborder Mysticeti) in the Gulf of California |
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Influence of environmental variability on distribution and relative abundance of baleen whales (suborder Mysticeti) in the Gulf of California |
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influence of environmental variability on distribution and relative abundance of baleen whales (suborder mysticeti) in the gulf of california |
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