Using Tissue Biomarkers to Understand the Demography and Recovery of Baleen Whales in a Rapidly Changing Environment

• Main Author: Pallin, Logan Joseph
• Other Authors: Friedlaender, Ari S, Costa, Daniel P
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2022
• Subjects: Demography; Physiology; Biology; Antarctic minke whale; Antarctica; Climate change; Hormones; Humpback whale; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Minke whale; Antarctic Peninsula; baleen whale; baleen whales; Humpback Whale; minke whale; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/64z8m3tf; https://escholarship.org/content/qt64z8m3tf/qt64z8m3tf.pdf

Baleen whale populations in the Southern Ocean are recovering after intense commercial whaling in the 20th century. Along the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP), this recovery is occurring in one of the planet's most rapidly changing marine ecosystems. Understanding how climate-driven changes in...