Individual variation in movements of satellite-tracked humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae in the eastern Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea

• Published in: Endangered Species Research
• Main Authors: AS Kennedy, AN Zerbini, BK Rone, PJ Clapham
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2014
• Subjects: Zoology; QL1-991; Botany; QK1-989; Bering Sea; Navarin; Pacific; Chukotka; Chukotka Peninsula; Megaptera novaeangliae; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00570; https://doaj.org/article/6ce512ddc546473d9acb8dca0b133226

Humpback whales utilize waters off the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea as foraging grounds during summer months. Currently, the fine-scale movements of humpback whales within these feeding grounds are poorly understood. In the summers of 2007 to 2011, 8 humpback whales were tracked with satellite ta...