Characterizing the Variability of a Physical Driver of North Atlantic Right Whale Foraging Habitat Using Altimetric Indices

• Published in: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
• Main Authors: Jing Tao, Hui Shen, Richard E. Danielson, William Perrie
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: hydrodynamic circulation; Gaspé current; Gulf of St. Lawrence; coastal altimetry; North Atlantic right whale; zooplankton transport; Canada; Lawrence River; Eubalaena glacialis; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11091760

Physical ocean circulation features, especially the Gaspé Current (GC) intrusion, influence the transport and aggregation of whale prey, thereby influencing the whale foraging habitat in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (GSL), Canada. We employ satellite altimetry-derived sea level anomaly (SLA) indices to...