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ARCTIC
卷 68, 期 2, 页码 169-179出版社
ARCTIC INST N AMER
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4488
关键词
foraging; bowhead whale; Balaena mysticetus; satellite telemetry; SLTDR; Baffin Bay; climate change
资金
- Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland
- U.S. Office of Naval Research
- U.S. National Science Foundation
- Vetlesen Foundation
- Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is the Arctic's largest and most dependent predator on zooplankton; however, knowledge about its important foraging areas in Baffin Bay and adjacent waters is limited. Data on movement, horizontal velocity (ms(-1)), dive depth (m), and dive rate (dives h(-1)) were obtained from 39 bowhead whales (31 females, 6 males, and 2 of undetermined sex) instrumented with satellite-linked time-depth recorders (SLTDRs) in spring 2009 and 2010 in Disko Bay, West Greenland. Thirty-eight whales provided information on dive rates and movement, and potential foraging areas were identified on the basis of low dive rates and stationary behaviour. Nine potential foraging areas were identified: Disko Bay and adjacent region, Clyde Inlet, Isabella Bay, Broughton Island, Cumberland Sound, Frobisher Bay, Hudson Strait, southern Foxe Basin, and northern Foxe Basin. Two females returned to Disko Bay the following spring (duration of tags > 420 days). Their diving behavior indicated that all whales exhibited a large degree of flexibility in their use of potential feeding areas in Baffin Bay and adjacent waters. The variability of habitat selection may buffer against climate-induced changes in the preferred habitats of bowhead whales.
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