Oceanic Drivers of Sei Whale Distribution in the North Atlantic

• Published in: NAMMCO Scientific Publications
• Main Authors: Lucy Houghton, Nadya Ramirez-Martinez, Bjarni Mikkelsen, Gísli Víkingsson, Thorvaldur Gunnlaugsson, Nils Øien, Philip Hammond
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2020
• Subjects: Distribution; habitat; cetacean surveys; sei whale; North Atlantic; generalized additive models; predictive maps; climate change; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Irminger Sea; Balaenoptera borealis; Sei Whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/3.5211; https://doaj.org/article/495e10b6f7fe4a5caee82d3a41124f9f

This study investigated the oceanic drivers of sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) distribution in the central and eastern North Atlantic, and explored how distribution may have changed over almost three decades. Cetacean sightings data were available from Icelandic, Faroese and Norwegian surveys cond...