Insights into the migratory patterns and seasonal distribution of one of the world’s rarest whales, the North Pacific right whale

• Main Author: Wright, Dana Louise
• Other Authors: Read, Andrew
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Conservation biology; Bering Sea; distribution; Eubalaena japonica; right whale; stable isotope ecology; zooplankton; Bering Shelf; Pacific; Calanus glacialis; North Pacific right whale; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10161/29118

Dissertation The eastern North Pacific right whale (NPRW; Eubalaena japonica) is one of the world’s rarest large whales, with fewer than 35 animals remaining. Foundational data on the distribution and biology of this species is lacking, hampering effective monitoring and conservation. In this disser...