Study area of the model.

• Main Authors: Fanny Couture, Villy Christensen, Carl Walters
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Ecology; Inorganic Chemistry; Science Policy; Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; northern british columbia; northeast pacific coast; model provided evidence; model also revealed; low levels since; orcinus orca </; oncorhynchus tshawytscha </; oncorhynchus kisutch </; salmon species targeted; pacific salmon populations; coho salmon (<; chinook salmon populations; chinook salmon (<; killer whale population; salmon population declines; main limiting factor; div >< p; >) smolts increased; multiple factors may; marine mammals could; fishing mortality since; 2020 mortality ranging; marine mammals; resident </; >); could; 2020 may; total mortality; mortality pattern; srkw population; study evaluated; stock productivity; relatively stable; previous research; ocean productivity; mainly driven; important large; important driver; food availability; fishing activities; ewe ); eating southern; combined effects; climatic patterns; 6 times; Canada; Pacific; British Columbia; Killer Whale; Orca; Orcinus orca; Killer whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296358.g001

The study area of the model is the blue square, which corresponds to the historical geographical range of SRKW, and extends from the northern tip of the Haida Gwaii Archipelago ( 1 ) (central British Columbia, Canada) to Monterey Bay ( 4 ) in California (USA). The model area includes the Salish Sea ( 3 ) and the Strait of Georgia, which is open water part of the Salish Sea between Vancouver Island ( 2 ) and the mainland of British Columbia. This map was created using the R package rnaturalearth.