Signals from the south; humpback whales carry messages of Antarctic sea‐ice ecosystem variability
Southern hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) rely on summer prey abundance of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) to fuel one of the longest‐known mammalian migrations on the planet. It is hypothesized that this species, already adapted to endure metabolic extremes, will be one of th...
Published in: | Global Change Biology |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2018
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2600197 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14035 |