Summer and fall habitat of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) inferred from satellite telemetry
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ftwhoas:oai:darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org:1912/227 2023-05-15T15:48:03+02:00 Summer and fall habitat of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) inferred from satellite telemetry Baumgartner, Mark F. Mate, Bruce R. 2005-04-12 1257938 bytes application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1912/227 en eng National Research Council Canada https://doi.org/10.1139/F04-238 Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62 (2005): 527-543 https://hdl.handle.net/1912/227 doi:10.1139/F04-238 Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62 (2005): 527-543 doi:10.1139/F04-238 North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis Distribution Habitat Article 2005 ftwhoas https://doi.org/10.1139/F04-238 2022-05-28T22:56:47Z Author Posting. © National Research Council Canada, 2005. This article is posted here by permission of National Research Council Canada for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62 (2005): 527-543, doi:10.1139/F04-238. Satellite-monitored radio tags were attached to North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in Grand Manan Basin of the lower Bay of Fundy during the summer and early fall seasons of 1989–1991 and 2000. Monte Carlo tests were used to examine the distribution of the tagged whales in space and time and with respect to a variety of environmental variables to characterize right whale habitat on their northern feeding grounds. These environmental variables included depth, depth gradient, climatological surface and bottom hydrographic properties, and remotely sensed surface temperature, chlorophyll concentration, and their respective horizontal gradients. Site fidelity in the Bay of Fundy was very low during 1989–1991 and high during 2000. When the tagged animals left the Bay, they did not frequently visit the deep basins of the Gulf of Maine and Scotian Shelf, where abundances of their primary copepod prey, Calanus finmarchicus, are thought to be high. Instead, right whales visited areas characterized by low bottom water temperatures, high surface salinity, and high surface stratification. No evidence was found that the tagged right whales associated with oceanic fronts or regions with high standing stocks of phytoplankton. This study was supported by the Office of Naval Research, National Marine Fisheries Service, Oregon State University Marine Mammal Endowment, and the Space Grant and Earth System Science fellowship programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Article in Journal/Newspaper Calanus finmarchicus Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic Woods Hole Scientific Community: WHOAS (Woods Hole Open Access Server) Canada Lower Bay ENVELOPE(-97.817,-97.817,58.821,58.821) Manan ENVELOPE(8.748,8.748,62.793,62.793) Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62 3 527 543 |
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Author Posting. © National Research Council Canada, 2005. This article is posted here by permission of National Research Council Canada for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62 (2005): 527-543, doi:10.1139/F04-238. Satellite-monitored radio tags were attached to North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in Grand Manan Basin of the lower Bay of Fundy during the summer and early fall seasons of 1989–1991 and 2000. Monte Carlo tests were used to examine the distribution of the tagged whales in space and time and with respect to a variety of environmental variables to characterize right whale habitat on their northern feeding grounds. These environmental variables included depth, depth gradient, climatological surface and bottom hydrographic properties, and remotely sensed surface temperature, chlorophyll concentration, and their respective horizontal gradients. Site fidelity in the Bay of Fundy was very low during 1989–1991 and high during 2000. When the tagged animals left the Bay, they did not frequently visit the deep basins of the Gulf of Maine and Scotian Shelf, where abundances of their primary copepod prey, Calanus finmarchicus, are thought to be high. Instead, right whales visited areas characterized by low bottom water temperatures, high surface salinity, and high surface stratification. No evidence was found that the tagged right whales associated with oceanic fronts or regions with high standing stocks of phytoplankton. This study was supported by the Office of Naval Research, National Marine Fisheries Service, Oregon State University Marine Mammal Endowment, and the Space Grant and Earth System Science fellowship programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. |
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Summer and fall habitat of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) inferred from satellite telemetry |
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Summer and fall habitat of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) inferred from satellite telemetry |
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Summer and fall habitat of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) inferred from satellite telemetry |
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Summer and fall habitat of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) inferred from satellite telemetry |
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Summer and fall habitat of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) inferred from satellite telemetry |
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summer and fall habitat of north atlantic right whales (eubalaena glacialis) inferred from satellite telemetry |
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National Research Council Canada |
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ENVELOPE(-97.817,-97.817,58.821,58.821) ENVELOPE(8.748,8.748,62.793,62.793) |
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Canada Lower Bay Manan |
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Calanus finmarchicus Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic |
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Calanus finmarchicus Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic |
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