Integrating technologies provides insight into the subsurface foraging behaviour of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding on walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) in Juan de Fuca Strait, Canada.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Rhonda Reidy, Stéphane Gauthier, Thomas Doniol-Valcroze, Matthew A Lemay, Rute B G Clemente-Carvalho, Laura L E Cowen, Francis Juanes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; British Columbia; Canada; Pacific; Rorqual; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282651; https://doaj.org/article/995a6829df9842f8985ab8855716b7eb

Subsurface foraging is an important proportion of the activity budget of rorqual whales, yet information on their behaviour underwater remains challenging to obtain. Rorquals are assumed to feed throughout the water column and to select prey as a function of depth, availability and density, but ther...