Distribution, abundance, and feeding ecology of baleen whales in Icelandic waters: have recent environmental changes had an effect?

The location of Iceland at the junction of submarine ridges in the North-East Atlantic where warm and cold water masses meet south of the Arctic Circle contributes to high productivity of the waters around the island. During the last two decades, substantial increases in sea temperature and salinity...

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Published in:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Main Authors: Vikingsson, Gisli A, Pike, Daniel G, Valdimarsson, Héðinn, Schleimer, Anna, Gunnlaugsson, Thorvaldur, Silva, Teresa, Elvarsson, Bjarki Þ, Mikkelsen, Bjarni, Øien, Nils, Desportes, Geneviève, Bogason, Valur, Hammond, Philip Steven
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Climate change
Finwhale
Common minke whale
Whale abundance
Feeding ecology
Humpback whale
Oceanic warming
Habitat modeling
Arctic
Irminger Sea
baleen whales
Blue whale
Fin whale
Humpback Whale
Iceland
minke whale
North Atlantic
North East Atlantic
Online Access:https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/distribution-abundance-and-feeding-ecology-of-baleen-whales-in-icelandic-waters-have-recent-environmental-changes-had-an-effect(a8230ca6-6dbc-46d4-b181-e9966f7f31cc).html
https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2015.00006
https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/6720/1/Vikingsson_etal_2015_FrontEcolEvol_IcelandBaleenWhales.pdf

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