Individuals matter: investigating individual-level foraging variability in Eastern Canada-West Greenland bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus)

• Main Author: Pontbriand, Tommy
• Other Authors: Matthews, Cory J. D. (Fisheries and Oceans Canada), Pomerleau, Corinne (Department of National Defence), Davoren, Gail K., Ferguson, Steven H.
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Bowhead whales; Stable isotopes; Fatty acids; Foraging behaviour; Diet; Satellite telemetry; Individual specialization; Climate change; Arctic; Nunavut; Baffin Bay; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Canada; Greenland; Lancaster Sound; Foxe Basin; Cumberland Sound; Admiralty Inlet; Gulf of Boothia; Prince Regent Inlet; Arctic Archipelago; Baffin; Balaena mysticetus; bowhead whale; Davis Strait
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/36998

The main objective of my thesis was to assess the individual-level foraging variability of Eastern Canada-West Greenland (EC-WG) bowhead whales under climate-driven changes in prey. Specifically, I tested two mechanisms potentially responsible for explaining inter-individual diet variation: foraging...