Intra‐season variations in distribution and abundance of humpback whales in the West Antarctic Peninsula using cruise vessels as opportunistic platforms

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: John Elling Deehr Johannessen, Martin Biuw, Ulf Lindstrøm, Victoria Marja Sofia Ollus, Lucía Martina Martín López, Kalliopi C. Gkikopoulou, Wessel Chris Oosthuizen, Andrew Lowther
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic Peninsula; density surface modeling; ecosystem interactions; humpback whale; platforms of opportunity; spatiotemporal variation; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Antarctic; Austral; Gerlache; Gerlache Strait; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8571; https://doaj.org/article/aab326b86b0746a594232fd972103ce6

Abstract Fine‐scale knowledge of spatiotemporal dynamics in cetacean distribution and abundance throughout the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is sparse yet essential for effective ecosystem‐based management (EBM). Cruise vessels were used as platforms of opportunity to collect data on the distrib...