Multi-year presence of humpback whales in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean but not during El Niño
Humpback whales are thought to undertake annual migrations between their low latitude breeding grounds and high latitude feeding grounds. However, under specific conditions, humpback whales sometimes change their migratory destination or skip migration overall. Here we document the surprising persis...
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ftunigroningenpu:oai:pure.rug.nl:publications/27fe33e5-fd2e-4d5f-89ed-627b7e9fcd9e 2024-06-23T07:53:35+00:00 Multi-year presence of humpback whales in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean but not during El Niño Schall, Elena Thomisch, Karolin Boebel, Olaf Gerlach, Gabriele Mangia Woods, Sari El-Gabbas, Ahmed van Opzeeland, Ilse 2021-06-25 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11370/27fe33e5-fd2e-4d5f-89ed-627b7e9fcd9e https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/27fe33e5-fd2e-4d5f-89ed-627b7e9fcd9e https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02332-6 https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/218110225/s42003_021_02332_6.pdf eng eng https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/27fe33e5-fd2e-4d5f-89ed-627b7e9fcd9e info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Schall , E , Thomisch , K , Boebel , O , Gerlach , G , Mangia Woods , S , El-Gabbas , A & van Opzeeland , I 2021 , ' Multi-year presence of humpback whales in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean but not during El Niño ' , Communications biology , vol. 4 , no. 1 , pp. 790 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02332-6 Animal Migration Animals Ecology El Nino-Southern Oscillation Humpback Whale Oceans and Seas Vocalization Animal article 2021 ftunigroningenpu https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02332-6 2024-06-10T17:22:51Z Humpback whales are thought to undertake annual migrations between their low latitude breeding grounds and high latitude feeding grounds. However, under specific conditions, humpback whales sometimes change their migratory destination or skip migration overall. Here we document the surprising persistent presence of humpback whales in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean during five years (2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, and 2018) using passive acoustic data. However, in the El Niño years 2015 and 2016, humpback whales were virtually absent. Our data show that humpback whales are systematically present in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean and suggest that these whales are particularly sensitive to climate oscillations which have profound effects on winds, sea ice extent, primary production, and especially krill productivity. Article in Journal/Newspaper Humpback Whale Sea ice Southern Ocean University of Groningen research database Southern Ocean Communications Biology 4 1 |
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Animal Migration Animals Ecology El Nino-Southern Oscillation Humpback Whale Oceans and Seas Vocalization Animal Schall, Elena Thomisch, Karolin Boebel, Olaf Gerlach, Gabriele Mangia Woods, Sari El-Gabbas, Ahmed van Opzeeland, Ilse Multi-year presence of humpback whales in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean but not during El Niño |
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Humpback whales are thought to undertake annual migrations between their low latitude breeding grounds and high latitude feeding grounds. However, under specific conditions, humpback whales sometimes change their migratory destination or skip migration overall. Here we document the surprising persistent presence of humpback whales in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean during five years (2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, and 2018) using passive acoustic data. However, in the El Niño years 2015 and 2016, humpback whales were virtually absent. Our data show that humpback whales are systematically present in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean and suggest that these whales are particularly sensitive to climate oscillations which have profound effects on winds, sea ice extent, primary production, and especially krill productivity. |
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Schall, Elena Thomisch, Karolin Boebel, Olaf Gerlach, Gabriele Mangia Woods, Sari El-Gabbas, Ahmed van Opzeeland, Ilse |
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Schall, Elena Thomisch, Karolin Boebel, Olaf Gerlach, Gabriele Mangia Woods, Sari El-Gabbas, Ahmed van Opzeeland, Ilse |
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Multi-year presence of humpback whales in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean but not during El Niño |
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Multi-year presence of humpback whales in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean but not during El Niño |
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Multi-year presence of humpback whales in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean but not during El Niño |
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Multi-year presence of humpback whales in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean but not during El Niño |
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Multi-year presence of humpback whales in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean but not during El Niño |
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multi-year presence of humpback whales in the atlantic sector of the southern ocean but not during el niño |
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Schall , E , Thomisch , K , Boebel , O , Gerlach , G , Mangia Woods , S , El-Gabbas , A & van Opzeeland , I 2021 , ' Multi-year presence of humpback whales in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean but not during El Niño ' , Communications biology , vol. 4 , no. 1 , pp. 790 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02332-6 |
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