Whale distribution in relation to prey abundance and oceanographic processes in the shelf waters of the Western Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Authors: A Friedlaendar, P Halpin, S Qian, G Lawson, P Wiebe, Deborah Thiele, A Read
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Oceanography; Ecology; Zoology; distribution; zooplankton; ice edge; Antarctica; SO GLOBEC; CART; GAM; Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Physical Sciences; Marine & Freshwater Biology; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; whale distribution; SEA-ICE EXTENT; MARGUERITE BAY; CETACEAN DISTRIBUTIONS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; CONTINENTAL-SHELF; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MINKE WHALES; AUSTRAL FALL; HABITAT; KRILL; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Gam; Antarc*; baleen whales; Megaptera novaeangliae; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30006626; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Whale_distribution_in_relation_to_prey_abundance_and_oceanographic_processes_in_the_shelf_waters_of_the_Western_Antarctic_Peninsula/20551491

The Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is a biologically rich area supporting large standing stocks of krill and top predators (including whales, seals and seabirds). Physical forcing greatly affects productivity, recruitment, survival and distribution of krill in this area. In turn, such interaction...