Copepod patches and right whales in the Great South Channel off New England
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-1988
Abstract
For c1 month every spring, most of the NW Atlantic population of Eubalaena glacialis is found in the Great South Channel off New England, hypothesized to result from the increased abundance or aggregation of their major food item, Calanus finmarchicus. During a cruise in May 1986, a group of surface-feeding right whales spatially associated with a large, dense, nearly monospecific concentration of copepods, which is described. -from Authors
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Bulletin of Marine Science
Volume
43
Issue
3
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Wishner, K., E. Durbin, A. Durbin, M. Macaulay, H. Winn, and R. Kenney. "Copepod patches and right whales in the Great South Channel off New England." Bulletin of Marine Science 43, 3 (1988). https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/gsofacpubs/1294
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