Environmental conditions and marine heatwaves influence blue whale foraging and reproductive effort

DR Barlow, H Klinck, D Ponirakis… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Animal behavior is motivated by the fundamental need to feed and reproduce, and these
behaviors can be inferred from spatiotemporal variations in biological signals such as …

[HTML][HTML] Diverse baleen whale acoustic occurrence around two sub-Antarctic islands: A tale of residents and visitors

FW Shabangu, T Munoz, L Van Uffelen… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Knowledge on the occurrence and behaviour of baleen whales around sub-
Antarctic regions is limited, and usually based on short, seasonal sighting research from …

[HTML][HTML] Pygmy blue whale movement, distribution and important areas in the Eastern Indian Ocean

M Thums, LC Ferreira, C Jenner, M Jenner… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pygmy blue whales in the South-east Indian Ocean migrate from the southern coast of
Australia to Indonesia, with a significant part of their migration route passing through areas …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution and Abundance of the Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus indica) off Sri Lanka during the Southwest Monsoon 2018

LUSP Kirumbara, JRPP Krishantha… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Blue whales Balaenoptera musculus are the most abundant and widely distributed cetacean
species in Sri Lankan waters. A vessel-based opportunistic line transect survey focusing on …

[HTML][HTML] Changes of Oceanic conditions drive chagos whale migration patterns in the central Indian Ocean

JL Huang, EC Leroy, G Truong… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Marine ecosystems are experiencing rapid shifts under climate change scenarios and
baleen whales are vulnerable to environmental change, although not all impacts are yet …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal occurrence of sympatric blue whale subspecies: The Chilean and southeast Indian Ocean pygmy blue whales with the Antarctic blue whale

G Truong, TL Rogers - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
There are multiple blue whale acoustic populations found across the Southern Hemisphere.
The different subspecies of blue whales feed in separate areas, but during their migration to …

[HTML][HTML] Megameter propagation and correlation of T-waves from Kermadec Trench and Islands

TCA Oliveira, P Nielsen, YT Lin, N Kushida… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
On 18 June 2020 and 4 March 2021, very energetic low-frequency underwater T-wave
signals (2 to 25 Hz) were recorded at the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) …

The Omura's whale: exploring the enigma

S Cerchio - Ethology and behavioral ecology of mysticetes, 2022 - Springer
The rapidly growing understanding of the Omura's whale (Balaenoptera omurai) is an
example of how the drive to explore and discover has been enhanced by advances in …

Temporal occurrence of three blue whale populations in New Zealand waters from passive acoustic monitoring

DR Barlow, H Klinck, D Ponirakis… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Describing spatial and temporal occurrence patterns of wild animal populations is important
for understanding their evolutionary trajectories, population connectivity, and ecological …

Seasonal acoustic presence of sei whales off the Juan Fernandez Archipelago, Chile

SFÁ Abarzúa, SJ Buchan, KM Stafford - Endangered Species Research, 2024 - int-res.com
This study examined the occurrence of sei whale upsweep and downsweep vocalisations in
3 yrs of acoustic data (2015-2017) from the Juan Fernandez Archipelago, Chile, to …