Passive acoustic monitoring of killer whales (Orcinus orca) reveals year-round distribution and residency patterns in the Gulf of Alaska

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Myers, Hannah J., Olsen, Daniel W., Matkin, Craig O., Horstmann, Lara A., Konar, Brenda
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
• Subjects: Article; Gulf of Alaska; Montague; Pacific; Killer Whale; Orca; Orcinus orca; Alaska; Killer whale
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8514554/; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99668-0

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are top predators throughout the world’s oceans. In the North Pacific, the species is divided into three ecotypes—resident (fish-eating), transient (mammal-eating), and offshore (largely shark-eating)—that are genetically and acoustically distinct and have unique roles i...