FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI Horizontal and vertical movements of humpback whales inform the use of critical pelagic habitats in the western South Pacific
BT 
AF DERVILLE, Solene
   TORRES, Leigh G.
   ZERBINI, Alexandre N.
   OREMUS, Marc
   GARRIGUE, Claire
AS 1:1,2,3,4;2:4;3:5;4:6;5:1,2;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;
C1 UMR ENTROPIE, IRD, 101 promenade Roger Laroque, 98848, Nouméa, New Caledonia
   Operation Cétacés, BP12827, 98802, Nouméa, New Caledonia
   Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 6, IFD-ED129, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris, 75252, France.
   Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Lab, Marine Mammal Institute, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, 2030 SE Marine Science Drive, Newport, 97365, OR, USA
   Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 2725 Montlake Blvd E, Seattle, 98112, WA, USA
   WWF France, Parc Forestier Michel Corbasson, BP692, 98845, Nouméa, New Caledonia.
C2 IRD, FRANCE
   OPERAT CETACES, FRANCE
   UNIV PARIS 6, FRANCE
   UNIV OREGON STATE, USA
   ALASKA FISHERIES SCI CTR, USA
   WWF FRANCE, FRANCE
UM ENTROPIE
IN WOS Cotutelle UMR
   DOAJ
   copubli-france
   copubli-univ-france
   copubli-int-hors-europe
IF 4.379
TC 26
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00860/97178/106051.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00860/97178/106052.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR MARACAS 3
BO Alis
AB Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are known for their nearshore distribution during the breeding season, but their pelagic habitat use patterns remain mostly unexplored. From 2016 to 2018, 18 humpback whales were equipped with depth-recording satellite tags (SPLASH10) to shed light on environmental and social drivers of seamount association around New Caledonia in the western South Pacific. Movement paths were spatially structured around shallow seamounts (<200 m). Indeed, two males stopped over the Lord Howe seamount chain during the first-ever recorded longitudinal transit between New Caledonia and the east coast of Australia. Residence time significantly increased with proximity to shallow seamounts, while dive depth increased in the vicinity of seafloor ridges. Most of the 7,986 recorded dives occurred above 80 m (88.5%), but deep dives (>80 m, max 616 m) were also recorded (11.5%), including by maternal females. Deep dives often occurred in series and were characterized by U-shapes suggesting high energy expenditure. This study provides new insights into the formerly overlooked use of pelagic habitats by humpback whales during the breeding season. Given increasing anthropogenic threats on deep sea habitats worldwide, this work has implications for the conservation of vulnerable marine ecosystems. 
PY 2020
PD MAR
SO Scientific Reports
SN 2045-2322
PU Nature Publishing Group
VL 10
IS 1
UT 000563448300020
DI 10.1038/s41598-020-61771-z
ID 97178
ER

EF