Copepod patches and right whales in the Great South Channel off New England

For c1 month every spring, most of the NW Atlantic population of Eubalaena glacialis is found in the Great South Channel off New England, hypothesized to result from the increased abundance or aggregation of their major food item, Calanus finmarchicus. During a cruise in May 1986, a group of surface...

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Main Authors: Wishner, K., Durbin, E., Durbin, A., Macaulay, M., Winn, H., Kenney, R.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: DigitalCommons@URI 1988
Subjects:
Calanus finmarchicus
Eubalaena glacialis
Copepods
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/gsofacpubs/1294
https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1988/00000043/00000003/art00038#expand/collapse
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Summary:For c1 month every spring, most of the NW Atlantic population of Eubalaena glacialis is found in the Great South Channel off New England, hypothesized to result from the increased abundance or aggregation of their major food item, Calanus finmarchicus. During a cruise in May 1986, a group of surface-feeding right whales spatially associated with a large, dense, nearly monospecific concentration of copepods, which is described. -from Authors

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