Autumn movements of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) from Svalbard, Norway, revealed by satellite tracking
International audience Insight into animal movements is essential for understanding habitat use by individuals as wellas population processes and species life-history strategies. In this study, we instrumented 25 finwhales with ARGOS satellite-transmitters in Svalbard, Norway, to study their movemen...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-02970927v1 2023-05-15T15:36:38+02:00 Autumn movements of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) from Svalbard, Norway, revealed by satellite tracking Lydersen, Christian Vacquié-Garcia, Jade Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter Øien, Nils Guinet, Christophe Kovacs, Kit Norwegian Polar Institute Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC) Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) Greenland Institute of Natural Resources Institute of Marine Research Bergen (IMR) University of Bergen (UiB) 2020-12 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02970927 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73996-z en eng HAL CCSD Nature Publishing Group info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1038/s41598-020-73996-z hal-02970927 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02970927 doi:10.1038/s41598-020-73996-z ISSN: 2045-2322 EISSN: 2045-2322 Scientific Reports https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02970927 Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group, 2020, 10 (1), pp.16966. ⟨10.1038/s41598-020-73996-z⟩ [SDE]Environmental Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2020 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73996-z 2021-11-07T00:41:37Z International audience Insight into animal movements is essential for understanding habitat use by individuals as wellas population processes and species life-history strategies. In this study, we instrumented 25 finwhales with ARGOS satellite-transmitters in Svalbard, Norway, to study their movement patternsand behaviour (Area Restricted Search (ARS), transiting or unknown) during boreal autumn/earlywinter. Ten of the whales stayed in the tagging area (most northerly location: 81.68°N) for their entiretracking periods (max 45 days). The other 15 whales moved in a south-westerly direction; the longesttrack ended off the coast of northern Africa (> 5000 km from the tagging location) after 96 days. Thewhales engaged in ARS behaviour intermittently throughout their southward migrations. Duringtransit phases the whales moved quickly; one individual maintained an average horizontal speed of9.3 km/h (travelling 223 km per day) for a period of a week. This study documents that: (1) some finwhales might remain at high latitudes during winter; (2) the whales that do migrate probably feedalong the way; (3) they can maintain high transiting speed for long periods and; (4) one breeding areafor this species is likely located in deep, warm water some 100 km west of Morocco. Article in Journal/Newspaper Balaenoptera physalus Svalbard Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Norway Svalbard Scientific Reports 10 1 |
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International audience Insight into animal movements is essential for understanding habitat use by individuals as wellas population processes and species life-history strategies. In this study, we instrumented 25 finwhales with ARGOS satellite-transmitters in Svalbard, Norway, to study their movement patternsand behaviour (Area Restricted Search (ARS), transiting or unknown) during boreal autumn/earlywinter. Ten of the whales stayed in the tagging area (most northerly location: 81.68°N) for their entiretracking periods (max 45 days). The other 15 whales moved in a south-westerly direction; the longesttrack ended off the coast of northern Africa (> 5000 km from the tagging location) after 96 days. Thewhales engaged in ARS behaviour intermittently throughout their southward migrations. Duringtransit phases the whales moved quickly; one individual maintained an average horizontal speed of9.3 km/h (travelling 223 km per day) for a period of a week. This study documents that: (1) some finwhales might remain at high latitudes during winter; (2) the whales that do migrate probably feedalong the way; (3) they can maintain high transiting speed for long periods and; (4) one breeding areafor this species is likely located in deep, warm water some 100 km west of Morocco. |
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Norwegian Polar Institute Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC) Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) Greenland Institute of Natural Resources Institute of Marine Research Bergen (IMR) University of Bergen (UiB) |
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Autumn movements of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) from Svalbard, Norway, revealed by satellite tracking |
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Autumn movements of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) from Svalbard, Norway, revealed by satellite tracking |
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Autumn movements of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) from Svalbard, Norway, revealed by satellite tracking |
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Autumn movements of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) from Svalbard, Norway, revealed by satellite tracking |
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Autumn movements of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) from Svalbard, Norway, revealed by satellite tracking |
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autumn movements of fin whales (balaenoptera physalus) from svalbard, norway, revealed by satellite tracking |
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ISSN: 2045-2322 EISSN: 2045-2322 Scientific Reports https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02970927 Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group, 2020, 10 (1), pp.16966. ⟨10.1038/s41598-020-73996-z⟩ |
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