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- Title
SPITSBERGEN BOWHEAD WHALES REVISITED.
- Authors
Wiig, Øystein; Bachmann, Lutz; Janik, Vincent M.; Kovacs, Kit M.; Lydersen, Christian
- Abstract
The article reports on a survey for bowhead whales in the North Atlantic Ocean along the ice edge between Greenland and Svalbard in April 2006. The sea was acoustically monitored continuously throughout the survey and at least two persons with binoculars actively searched for whales from the bridge of the vessel. Spring sitings were consistent with the belief that habitat selection by bowhead whales change with season. A dense layer of zooplankton was detected in those areas where the whales were observed. It is proposed that the whales found in the Fram Strait were feeding on the copepods along the ice edge.
- Subjects
NORTH Atlantic Ocean; GREENLAND; SVALBARD (Norway); NORWAY; FRAM Strait; BOWHEAD whale; WHALES; HABITAT selection; ZOOPLANKTON; COPEPODA
- Publication
Marine Mammal Science, 2007, Vol 23, Issue 3, p688
- ISSN
0824-0469
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.02373.x