Where the Whales Go:The Migration Routes of Humpbacks in the South West Atlantic

The migration patterns of humpback whales in the southwestern Atlantic have not been studied in detail. Humpback whales that winter off the coast of Brazil migrate south to offshore waters around South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This project uses data collected from satellite tags attac...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thouless, Clare
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: eScholarship, University of California 2021
Subjects:
Humpback whales
Seamounts
Migration Routes
Marine Mammal Protected Areas
Satellite Tracking
Sandwich Islands
South Georgia
South Sandwich Islands
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1693m1b5
id ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org/ark:/13030/qt1693m1b5
record_format openpolar
spelling ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org/ark:/13030/qt1693m1b5 2023-05-15T18:23:34+02:00 Where the Whales Go:The Migration Routes of Humpbacks in the South West Atlantic Thouless, Clare 2021-06-01 application/pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1693m1b5 unknown eScholarship, University of California qt1693m1b5 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1693m1b5 public Humpback whales Seamounts Migration Routes Marine Mammal Protected Areas Satellite Tracking article 2021 ftcdlib 2021-07-26T17:09:36Z The migration patterns of humpback whales in the southwestern Atlantic have not been studied in detail. Humpback whales that winter off the coast of Brazil migrate south to offshore waters around South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This project uses data collected from satellite tags attached to humpback whales off the coast of Brazil between 2003 and 2019 to establish what paths they take and whether they use oceanic features, in particular seamounts, during their migrations.The results show that this population of humpbacks leave the Brazilian coast using two different paths, cross over multiple seamounts, including the Rio Grande Rise, and most of them use a direct path to their feeding grounds. The results indicate that humpback whales may use seamounts during their migration, although further research is required to understand their potential use of seamounts during their migration. Article in Journal/Newspaper South Sandwich Islands University of California: eScholarship Sandwich Islands South Georgia ENVELOPE(-33.000,-33.000,-56.000,-56.000) South Sandwich Islands
institution Open Polar
collection University of California: eScholarship
op_collection_id ftcdlib
language unknown
topic Humpback whales
Seamounts
Migration Routes
Marine Mammal Protected Areas
Satellite Tracking
spellingShingle Humpback whales
Seamounts
Migration Routes
Marine Mammal Protected Areas
Satellite Tracking
Thouless, Clare
Where the Whales Go:The Migration Routes of Humpbacks in the South West Atlantic
topic_facet Humpback whales
Seamounts
Migration Routes
Marine Mammal Protected Areas
Satellite Tracking
description The migration patterns of humpback whales in the southwestern Atlantic have not been studied in detail. Humpback whales that winter off the coast of Brazil migrate south to offshore waters around South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This project uses data collected from satellite tags attached to humpback whales off the coast of Brazil between 2003 and 2019 to establish what paths they take and whether they use oceanic features, in particular seamounts, during their migrations.The results show that this population of humpbacks leave the Brazilian coast using two different paths, cross over multiple seamounts, including the Rio Grande Rise, and most of them use a direct path to their feeding grounds. The results indicate that humpback whales may use seamounts during their migration, although further research is required to understand their potential use of seamounts during their migration.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Thouless, Clare
author_facet Thouless, Clare
author_sort Thouless, Clare
title Where the Whales Go:The Migration Routes of Humpbacks in the South West Atlantic
title_short Where the Whales Go:The Migration Routes of Humpbacks in the South West Atlantic
title_full Where the Whales Go:The Migration Routes of Humpbacks in the South West Atlantic
title_fullStr Where the Whales Go:The Migration Routes of Humpbacks in the South West Atlantic
title_full_unstemmed Where the Whales Go:The Migration Routes of Humpbacks in the South West Atlantic
title_sort where the whales go:the migration routes of humpbacks in the south west atlantic
publisher eScholarship, University of California
publishDate 2021
url https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1693m1b5
long_lat ENVELOPE(-33.000,-33.000,-56.000,-56.000)
geographic Sandwich Islands
South Georgia
South Sandwich Islands
geographic_facet Sandwich Islands
South Georgia
South Sandwich Islands
genre South Sandwich Islands
genre_facet South Sandwich Islands
op_relation qt1693m1b5
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1693m1b5
op_rights public
_version_ 1766203582589173760

Similar Items