Right whale ecology in the northwest Atlantic ocean

• Main Author: Baumgartner, Mark F.
• Other Authors: Mate, Bruce R., Williamson, Ken, Ramsey, Fred, Miller, Charlie, Abbott, Mark, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University. Graduate School
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English; unknown
• Published: Oregon State University
• Subjects: Right whales > Ecology > North Atlantic Ocean; Calanus finmarchicus; Eubalaena glacialis; North Atlantic; North Atlantic right whale; Northwest Atlantic; Copepods
• Online Access: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/rv042w31r

The ecology of the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) was examined at three spatial scales during the summer and early fall on their northern feeding grounds. The diving and foraging behavior of right whales was investigated at spatial scales of hundreds to thousands of meters by taggi...