Sightings of Antarctic minke whales, Balaenoptera bonaerensis, near the Kiev Peninsula (West Antarctica) during the summer period of 2019

• Published in: Ukrainian Antarctic Journal
• Main Author: O. Savenko
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Ukrainian
• Published: State Institution National Antarctic Scientific Center 2020
• Subjects: antarctic peninsula; balaenopteridae; cetaceans; distribution patterns; photo-identification; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Akademik Vernadsky Station; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Galindez; Galindez Island; Kiev Peninsula; The Antarctic; Vernadsky Station; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Balaenoptera bonaerensis
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.33275/1727-7485.2.2020.654; https://doaj.org/article/265f3157eda34bd5ab38045e0e6656ce

Antarctic Peninsula region is experiencing one of the fastest rates of climate change on Earth. Its waters are known as important feeding grounds for the Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). The purpose of the present study was to reveal the summer and early autumn presence of the Anta...