Appendix S1. Summary Data (1952-1963). Here we provide summary data on body lengths of whales processed at Cheynes Beach Whaling Station between 1952 and 1963 from Quantifying the energy stores of capital breeding humpback whales and income breeding sperm whales using historical whaling records
Cetacean energy stores are known to vary according to life history, reproductive status and time of year; however, the opportunity to quantify these relationships is rare. Using a unique set of historical whaling records from Western Australia (1952–1963), we investigated energy stores of large ceta...
Main Authors: | , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Text |
Language: | unknown |
Published: |
The Royal Society
2017
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4725730 https://rs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Appendix_S1_Summary_Data_1952-1963_Here_we_provide_summary_data_on_body_lengths_of_whales_processed_at_Cheynes_Beach_Whaling_Station_between_1952_and_1963_from_Quantifying_the_energy_stores_of_capital_breeding_humpback_whales_and_income_breeding_sperm_wha/4725730 |
id |
ftdatacite:10.6084/m9.figshare.4725730 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftdatacite:10.6084/m9.figshare.4725730 2023-05-15T13:53:59+02:00 Appendix S1. Summary Data (1952-1963). Here we provide summary data on body lengths of whales processed at Cheynes Beach Whaling Station between 1952 and 1963 from Quantifying the energy stores of capital breeding humpback whales and income breeding sperm whales using historical whaling records Irvine, Lyn G. Thums, Michele Hanson, Christine E. McMahon, Clive R. Hindell, Mark A. 2017 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4725730 https://rs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Appendix_S1_Summary_Data_1952-1963_Here_we_provide_summary_data_on_body_lengths_of_whales_processed_at_Cheynes_Beach_Whaling_Station_between_1952_and_1963_from_Quantifying_the_energy_stores_of_capital_breeding_humpback_whales_and_income_breeding_sperm_wha/4725730 unknown The Royal Society https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160290 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 CC-BY Physiology FOS Biological sciences Ecology Text article-journal Journal contribution ScholarlyArticle 2017 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4725730 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160290 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Cetacean energy stores are known to vary according to life history, reproductive status and time of year; however, the opportunity to quantify these relationships is rare. Using a unique set of historical whaling records from Western Australia (1952–1963), we investigated energy stores of large cetaceans with differing life histories, and quantified the relationship between total body lipid and length for humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) ( n = 905) and sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) ( n = 1961). We found that total body lipid increased with body length in both humpback and sperm whales, consistent with size-related energy stores. Male humpback whales stored 2.49 kl (15.6 barrels) (31.9–74.9%) more lipid than male sperm whales of equivalent length, to fuel their annual migration. Relative lipid stores of sperm whales (males) were constant throughout the year, while those of humpback whales varied with reproductive class and sampling date. Pregnant female humpback whales had higher relative energy stores than non-pregnant females and males (26.2% and 37.4%, respectively), to fuel the energy demands of gestation and lactation. Those that reached the sampling site later ( en route to their breeding grounds) carried higher lipid stores than those that arrived earlier, possibly reflecting individual variation in residency times in the Antarctic feeding grounds. Importantly, longer pregnant females had relatively larger energy stores than the shorter pregnant females, indicating that the smaller individuals may experience higher levels of energetic stress during the migration fast. The relationships we developed between body lipid and length can be used to inform bioenergetics and ecosystem models when such detailed information is not available. Text Antarc* Antarctic Megaptera novaeangliae Physeter macrocephalus DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Antarctic The Antarctic |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
op_collection_id |
ftdatacite |
language |
unknown |
topic |
Physiology FOS Biological sciences Ecology |
spellingShingle |
Physiology FOS Biological sciences Ecology Irvine, Lyn G. Thums, Michele Hanson, Christine E. McMahon, Clive R. Hindell, Mark A. Appendix S1. Summary Data (1952-1963). Here we provide summary data on body lengths of whales processed at Cheynes Beach Whaling Station between 1952 and 1963 from Quantifying the energy stores of capital breeding humpback whales and income breeding sperm whales using historical whaling records |
topic_facet |
Physiology FOS Biological sciences Ecology |
description |
Cetacean energy stores are known to vary according to life history, reproductive status and time of year; however, the opportunity to quantify these relationships is rare. Using a unique set of historical whaling records from Western Australia (1952–1963), we investigated energy stores of large cetaceans with differing life histories, and quantified the relationship between total body lipid and length for humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) ( n = 905) and sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) ( n = 1961). We found that total body lipid increased with body length in both humpback and sperm whales, consistent with size-related energy stores. Male humpback whales stored 2.49 kl (15.6 barrels) (31.9–74.9%) more lipid than male sperm whales of equivalent length, to fuel their annual migration. Relative lipid stores of sperm whales (males) were constant throughout the year, while those of humpback whales varied with reproductive class and sampling date. Pregnant female humpback whales had higher relative energy stores than non-pregnant females and males (26.2% and 37.4%, respectively), to fuel the energy demands of gestation and lactation. Those that reached the sampling site later ( en route to their breeding grounds) carried higher lipid stores than those that arrived earlier, possibly reflecting individual variation in residency times in the Antarctic feeding grounds. Importantly, longer pregnant females had relatively larger energy stores than the shorter pregnant females, indicating that the smaller individuals may experience higher levels of energetic stress during the migration fast. The relationships we developed between body lipid and length can be used to inform bioenergetics and ecosystem models when such detailed information is not available. |
format |
Text |
author |
Irvine, Lyn G. Thums, Michele Hanson, Christine E. McMahon, Clive R. Hindell, Mark A. |
author_facet |
Irvine, Lyn G. Thums, Michele Hanson, Christine E. McMahon, Clive R. Hindell, Mark A. |
author_sort |
Irvine, Lyn G. |
title |
Appendix S1. Summary Data (1952-1963). Here we provide summary data on body lengths of whales processed at Cheynes Beach Whaling Station between 1952 and 1963 from Quantifying the energy stores of capital breeding humpback whales and income breeding sperm whales using historical whaling records |
title_short |
Appendix S1. Summary Data (1952-1963). Here we provide summary data on body lengths of whales processed at Cheynes Beach Whaling Station between 1952 and 1963 from Quantifying the energy stores of capital breeding humpback whales and income breeding sperm whales using historical whaling records |
title_full |
Appendix S1. Summary Data (1952-1963). Here we provide summary data on body lengths of whales processed at Cheynes Beach Whaling Station between 1952 and 1963 from Quantifying the energy stores of capital breeding humpback whales and income breeding sperm whales using historical whaling records |
title_fullStr |
Appendix S1. Summary Data (1952-1963). Here we provide summary data on body lengths of whales processed at Cheynes Beach Whaling Station between 1952 and 1963 from Quantifying the energy stores of capital breeding humpback whales and income breeding sperm whales using historical whaling records |
title_full_unstemmed |
Appendix S1. Summary Data (1952-1963). Here we provide summary data on body lengths of whales processed at Cheynes Beach Whaling Station between 1952 and 1963 from Quantifying the energy stores of capital breeding humpback whales and income breeding sperm whales using historical whaling records |
title_sort |
appendix s1. summary data (1952-1963). here we provide summary data on body lengths of whales processed at cheynes beach whaling station between 1952 and 1963 from quantifying the energy stores of capital breeding humpback whales and income breeding sperm whales using historical whaling records |
publisher |
The Royal Society |
publishDate |
2017 |
url |
https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4725730 https://rs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Appendix_S1_Summary_Data_1952-1963_Here_we_provide_summary_data_on_body_lengths_of_whales_processed_at_Cheynes_Beach_Whaling_Station_between_1952_and_1963_from_Quantifying_the_energy_stores_of_capital_breeding_humpback_whales_and_income_breeding_sperm_wha/4725730 |
geographic |
Antarctic The Antarctic |
geographic_facet |
Antarctic The Antarctic |
genre |
Antarc* Antarctic Megaptera novaeangliae Physeter macrocephalus |
genre_facet |
Antarc* Antarctic Megaptera novaeangliae Physeter macrocephalus |
op_relation |
https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160290 |
op_rights |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 |
op_rightsnorm |
CC-BY |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4725730 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160290 |
_version_ |
1766259489702412288 |