Availability, supply, and aggregation of prey (Calanus spp.) in foraging areas of the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

KA Sorochan, S Plourde… - ICES journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The North Atlantic right whale (NARW), Eubalaena glacialis, resides primarily on
western North Atlantic continental shelves where this endangered species is susceptible to …

Near-bottom aggregations of Calanus spp. copepods in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence in summer: significance for North Atlantic right whale foraging

KA Sorochan, S Plourde… - ICES Journal of Marine …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Copepods of the genus Calanus are a critical source of food for the North Atlantic right
whale (NARW), Eubalaena glacialis. We quantified variations in depth-integrated …

[PDF][PDF] The southern Gulf of St. Lawrence as foraging habitat for the North Atlantic right whale

CL Johnson, S Plourde, CE Brennan… - DFO Can. Sci. Advis …, 2024 - researchgate.net
The spatial distribution of North Atlantic Right Whales (NARW, Eubalaena glacialis) on
northwest Atlantic foraging grounds shifted in the early 2010s, with the southern Gulf of St …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling the complete life cycle of an arctic copepod reveals complex trade-offs between concurrent life cycle strategies

CE Brennan, F Maps, D Lavoie, S Plourde… - Progress in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Calanus hyperboreus is a large-bodied, biomass dominant species that performs a crucial
ecosystem energy transfer by converting the spring phytoplankton bloom into lipid reserves …

Bridging the gap: integrating models and observations for better ecosystem understanding

MD Skogen, JM Aarflot, LM García-García, R Ji… - Marine Ecology …, 2024 - int-res.com
Our understanding of complex marine ecosystem dynamics is often hindered by significant
uncertainties and issues of representativeness associated with models and observations …

Characterizing the Variability of a Physical Driver of North Atlantic Right Whale Foraging Habitat Using Altimetric Indices

J Tao, H Shen, RE Danielson, W Perrie - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Physical ocean circulation features, especially the Gaspé Current (GC) intrusion, influence
the transport and aggregation of whale prey, thereby influencing the whale foraging habitat …