Modeling the relationship of Antarctic minke whales to major ocean boundaries

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Ainley, David G., Jongsomjit, Dennis, Ballard, Grant, Thiele, Deborah, Fraser, William R., Tynan, Cynthia T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: Keywords: abundance; census; chlorophyll; circumpolar current; climate change; climate modeling; continental shelf; data set; ecological modeling; global climate; habitat selection; habitat structure; ice breaker; interspecific competition; intraspecific competitio Antarctic circumpolar current; Antarctic minke whale; Antarctic shelf break front; Sea ice; Southern Ocean; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Breaker; Antarc*; Antarctic Minke whale; Balaenoptera bonaerensis; minke whale; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/62588; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-011-1075-1; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/62588/5/12_Ainley_-_Modeling_the_relationship.pdf.jpg; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/62588/7/01_Ainley_Modeling_the_relationship_of_2012.pdf.jpg

The population size of Antarctic minke whales Balaenoptera bonaerensis has been changing simultaneously with profound changes in the physics, i. e., mesopredator habitat features, of the Southern Ocean. Although the two trends may not be related, distinguishing among the factors responsible requires...