Background Accurate predictions of animal occurrence in time and space are crucial for
informing and implementing science-based management strategies for threatened species …

In the past decade, two large marine heatwaves (MHWs) formed in the northeast Pacific
near Ocean Station Papa (OSP), one of the oldest oceanic time series stations. Physical …

Little is known about Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus intermedia) movement
and migration. In many baleen whales, distinct populations arose due to inherited fidelity to …

Figure S2. Example of total length (TL) and width measurement outputs from MorphoMetriX
software of Eastern North Pacific (ENP), Chile, and New Zealand (NZ) blue whales, with …

Abstract Aim Species distribution models (SDMs) are essential tools in ecology and
conservation. However, the scarcity of visual sightings of marine mammals in remote polar …

Among tremendous biodiversity within the California Current Ecosystem (CCE) are gigantic
mysticetes (baleen whales) that produce structured sequences of sound described as song …

Few mother-calf pairs are sighted in blue whale Balaenoptera musculus populations
worldwide, averaging only 3.1%(95% CI 2.7-3.4%) of sighted individuals, despite 33 to 50 …

The number of strandings and unusual mortality events that involve cetaceans may have
increased, and potential pathogens of the respiratory tract have been found during the …

Abstract The California Current Large Marine Ecosystem (CCLME), located on the eastern
boundary of the North Pacific Ocean, is highly dynamic, with variable conditions driven by …

Species ecology and life history patterns are often reflected in animal morphology. Blue
whales are globally distributed, with distinct populations that feed in different productive …