Jasmin Groß, Rita M Franco-Santos, Patti Virtue, Peter D Nichols, John Totterdell, Milton C C Marcondes, Claire Garrigue, Natalia Botero-Acosta, Fredrik Christiansen, Juliana Castrillon, Susana J Caballero, Ari S Friedlaender, So Kawaguchi, Michael C Double, Elanor M Bell, Ryosuke Makabe, Masato Moteki, Nils Hoem, Brian Fry, Michele Burford, Susan Bengtson Nash
Southern hemisphere humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae, SHHW) breeding populations follow a high-fidelity Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) diet while feeding in distinct sectors of the Southern Ocean. Their capital breeding life history requires predictable ecosystem productivity to fuel migration and migration-related behaviours. It is therefore postulated that populations feeding in areas subject to the strongest climate change impacts are more likely to show the first signs of a departure from a high-fidelity krill diet...
May 1, 2024: Science of the Total Environment