Aspects of the foraging ecology of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Frederick Sound and Stephens Passage, Southeast Alaska

• Main Author: Szabo, Andrew R.
• Other Authors: Mate, Bruce, Batchelder, Hal, Krueger, William, Benoit-Bird, Kelly, Roby, Daniel, Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University. Graduate School
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English; unknown
• Published: Oregon State University
• Subjects: Humpback whale > Ecology > Alaska > Stephens Passage; Krill > Alaska > Stephens Passage; Krill > Alaska > Frederick Sound; Humpback whale > Food > Alaska > Frederick Sound; Humpback whale > Food > Alaska > Stephens Passage; Humpback whale > Ecology > Alaska > Frederick Sound; Pacific; Stephens Passage; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; Thysanoessa raschii; Alaska
• Online Access: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/f4752j985

The North Pacific humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) population has been increasing at an average annual rate of ~6% since the early 1990s. In northern Southeast Alaska alone, there are now more whales than estimated for the entire North Pacific several decades ago. An understanding of how this...