Foraging areas, migratory movements and winter destinations of blue whales from the western North Atlantic

• Published in: Endangered Species Research
• Main Authors: Lesage, V, Gavrilchuk, K, Andrews, RD, Sears, R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2017
• Subjects: Zoology; QL1-991; Botany; QK1-989; Canada; Cabot; Blue whale; Newfoundland; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00838; https://doaj.org/article/355890d94d4a488486b71c86756a17e8

The blue whale Balaenopterus musculus is a wide-ranging cetacean that can be found in all oceans. In the North Atlantic, little is known about blue whale distribution and genetic structure, or about the interconnections between areas of aggregations in Icelandic waters, the Azores, Northwest Africa,...