North Atlantic right whale shift to the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 2015, revealed by long-term passive acoustics

• Published in: Endangered Species Research
• Main Authors: Y Simard, N Roy, S Giard, F Aulanier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2019
• Subjects: Zoology; QL1-991; Botany; QK1-989; Belle Isle; Eubalaena glacialis; North Atlantic; North Atlantic right whale; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01005; https://doaj.org/article/4d62e51fcf564dd09ad2d11c0d5e3535

This paper contributes to documenting a change in the distribution of North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis (NARWs) that occurred in the 2010s, when the whales largely abandoned their traditional summering grounds in the Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy/Scotian shelf. Data from a year-round pass...