Data from: 'Whale Wave': shifting strategies structure the complex use of critical fjord habitat by humpbacks

Using 10 years of whale surveys and a year of oceanographic, ecosystem-level surveying, we investigated the mechanisms behind a curious pattern in humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) distribution, in which whales use a British Columbia fjord system in a kind of wave, propagating from offshore to...

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Main Authors: Keen, Eric M, Wray, Janie, Meuter, Hermann, Thompson, Kim-Ly, Barlow, Jay P, Picard, Chris R
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: UC San Diego Library Digital Collections 2017
Subjects:
Gitga'at First Nation
Humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Habitat use
Habitat model
Kitimat Fjord System
Kitimat
Humpback Whale
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.6075/j0gt5k3b
http://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb0958214j
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Summary:Using 10 years of whale surveys and a year of oceanographic, ecosystem-level surveying, we investigated the mechanisms behind a curious pattern in humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) distribution, in which whales use a British Columbia fjord system in a kind of wave, propagating from offshore to inland channels as summer turned to fall.

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