Approximating home ranges of humpback and fin whales in Drake Passage and Antarctica

• Main Authors: Orgeira, José Luis, Alvarez, Facundo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2020
• Subjects: Fauna; Oceans; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Austral; Drake Passage; South Shetland Islands; Weddell; South Orkney Islands; Soi; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2735/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2735/1/A202004003.pdf

Identifying home ranges—those areas traversed by individuals in their normal foraging, mating, and parenting activities—is an important aspect of cetacean study. Understanding these ranges facilitates identification of resource use and conservation. Fin and humpback whales occur in Antarctica during...