Distribution, abundance and feeding ecology of baleen whales in Icelandic waters: have recent environmental changes had an effect?

• Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Gísli Arnór Víkingsson, Daniel G. Pike, Anna eSchleimer, Héðinn eValdimarsson, Thorvaldur eGunnlaugsson, Teresa eSilva, Bjarki Þór Elvarsson, Bjarni eMikkelsen, Nils eÖien, Genevieve eDesportes, Valur eBogason, Philip eHammond
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
• Subjects: Climate Change; Fin Whale; Humpback Whale; Habitat modelling; Common minke whale; whale abundance; Evolution; QH359-425; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Arctic; Irminger Sea; baleen whales; Blue whale; Climate change; Fin whale; Iceland; minke whale; North Atlantic; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2015.00006; https://doaj.org/article/4bad508201a24024a82921b520cd5e83

The location of Iceland at the junction of submarine ridges in the North-East Atlantic where warm and cold water masses meet south of the Arctic Circle contributes to high productivity of the waters around the island. During the last two decades, substantial increases in sea temperature and salinity...