Foraging rates of ram‐filtering North Atlantic right whales
Abstract
North Atlantic right whales spend their summer months foraging primarily in American and Canadian Atlantic waters on high‐energy‐density prey. Here, they rapidly accumulate and store energy obtained within a few months to support future migrations and reproduction while fasting. High drag from their ram‐filter foraging strategy places a limit on what prey densities will be energetically efficient to target.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jun 10, 2019
- Source ID
- 10.1111/1365-2435.13357
Entities
People
- Anna Nousek-McGregor
- Douglas Nowacek
- Julie M van der Hoop
- Peter Teglberg Madsen
- Peter Tyack
- Susan E. Parks
Organizations
- Aarhus University
- Duke University
- Horizon 2020
- Office of Naval Research
- Syracuse University
- University of Glasgow
- University of St Andrews