Don't mind if I do: Arctic humpback whales respond to winter foraging opportunities before migration
Migration patterns are fundamentally linked to the spatio-temporal distributions of prey. How migrating animals canrespond to changes in their prey’s distribution and abundance remains largely unclear. During the last decade, humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) used specific winter foraging sit...
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ftninstnf:oai:brage.nina.no:11250/3096310 2023-11-12T04:09:55+01:00 Don't mind if I do: Arctic humpback whales respond to winter foraging opportunities before migration Kettemer, Lisa Elena Ramm, Theresia Broms, Fredrik Björn Biuw, Martin Blanchet, Marie-Anne Bourgeon, Sophie Dubourg, Paul Ellendersen, Anna C. J. Horaud, Mathilde Kershaw, Joanna Miller, Patrick J. O. Øien, Nils Inge Pallin, Logan J. Rikardsen, Audun H. Northern Norway 2023 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3096310 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230069 eng eng The Regional Research Council in Troms: "Whalefeast project" Egen institusjon: The Arctic University of Norway, UIT Egen institusjon: TheInstitute for Marine Research Royal Society Open Science. 2023, 10 (9), . urn:issn:2054-5703 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3096310 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230069 cristin:2182092 Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no © 2023 The Authors 0 10 Royal Society Open Science 9 230069 marine mammals migration timing stopover spatial ecology hormone profiling pregnancy rates VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488 Peer reviewed Journal article 2023 ftninstnf https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230069 2023-10-18T22:49:11Z Migration patterns are fundamentally linked to the spatio-temporal distributions of prey. How migrating animals canrespond to changes in their prey’s distribution and abundance remains largely unclear. During the last decade, humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) used specific winter foraging sites in fjords of northern Norway, outside oftheir main summer foraging season, to feed on herring that started overwintering in the area. We used photographic matching to show that whales sighted during summer in the Barents Sea foraged in northern Norway from late October to February, staying up to three months and showing high-inter annual return rates (up to 82%). The number of identified whales in northern Norway totalled 866 individuals by 2019. Genetic sexing and hormone profiling in both areas demonstrate a female bias in northern Norway and suggest higher proportions of pregnancy in northern Norway. This may indicate that the fjord-based winter feeding is important for pregnant females before migration. Our results suggest that humpback whales can respond to foraging opportunities along their migration pathways, in some cases by continuing their feeding season well into winter. This provides an important reminder to implement dynamic ecosystem management that can account for changes in the spatio-temporal distribution of migrating marine mammals. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Barents Sea Megaptera novaeangliae Northern Norway Norwegian Institute for Nature Research: Brage NINA Arctic Barents Sea Norway Royal Society Open Science 10 9 |
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marine mammals migration timing stopover spatial ecology hormone profiling pregnancy rates VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488 Kettemer, Lisa Elena Ramm, Theresia Broms, Fredrik Björn Biuw, Martin Blanchet, Marie-Anne Bourgeon, Sophie Dubourg, Paul Ellendersen, Anna C. J. Horaud, Mathilde Kershaw, Joanna Miller, Patrick J. O. Øien, Nils Inge Pallin, Logan J. Rikardsen, Audun H. Don't mind if I do: Arctic humpback whales respond to winter foraging opportunities before migration |
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Migration patterns are fundamentally linked to the spatio-temporal distributions of prey. How migrating animals canrespond to changes in their prey’s distribution and abundance remains largely unclear. During the last decade, humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) used specific winter foraging sites in fjords of northern Norway, outside oftheir main summer foraging season, to feed on herring that started overwintering in the area. We used photographic matching to show that whales sighted during summer in the Barents Sea foraged in northern Norway from late October to February, staying up to three months and showing high-inter annual return rates (up to 82%). The number of identified whales in northern Norway totalled 866 individuals by 2019. Genetic sexing and hormone profiling in both areas demonstrate a female bias in northern Norway and suggest higher proportions of pregnancy in northern Norway. This may indicate that the fjord-based winter feeding is important for pregnant females before migration. Our results suggest that humpback whales can respond to foraging opportunities along their migration pathways, in some cases by continuing their feeding season well into winter. This provides an important reminder to implement dynamic ecosystem management that can account for changes in the spatio-temporal distribution of migrating marine mammals. publishedVersion |
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Kettemer, Lisa Elena Ramm, Theresia Broms, Fredrik Björn Biuw, Martin Blanchet, Marie-Anne Bourgeon, Sophie Dubourg, Paul Ellendersen, Anna C. J. Horaud, Mathilde Kershaw, Joanna Miller, Patrick J. O. Øien, Nils Inge Pallin, Logan J. Rikardsen, Audun H. |
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Don't mind if I do: Arctic humpback whales respond to winter foraging opportunities before migration |
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