Name: Blue Whale High Density Feeding Areas/Rorqual Bleu Densite Alimentation
Display Field: ZoneHauteDensite
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>#E</SPAN><SPAN>n</SPAN><SPAN>:</SPAN><SPAN>11 tagged B</SPAN><SPAN>lue whales </SPAN><SPAN>(</SPAN><SPAN>Balaenoptera musculus</SPAN><SPAN>) were </SPAN><SPAN>tracked</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>during</SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN>the day</SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN>time movements and feeding</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>behaviour</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>in the St. Lawrence River estuary. </SPAN><SPAN>Kernel density was applied to derminate the high density feeding areas of all individuals combined - </SPAN><SPAN>30, 40, 50, 60, 75 </SPAN><SPAN>and </SPAN><SPAN>9</SPAN><SPAN>5</SPAN><SPAN>% of the time</SPAN><SPAN>.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>#FRA: </SPAN><SPAN>11 R</SPAN><SPAN>orquals bleus marqués (Balaenoptera musculus) ont été suivis pendant les déplacements diurnes et le comportement alimentaire dans l'estuaire du fleuve Saint-Laurent. </SPAN><SPAN>Une densité de noyau </SPAN><SPAN>a été appliquée</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>à </SPAN><SPAN>tous les individus combinés pour déterminer les zones </SPAN><SPAN>de </SPAN><SPAN>haute densité d'alimentation - </SPAN><SPAN>30, 40, 50, 60, 75 et 95% du temps</SPAN><SPAN>.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Doniol-Valcroze T, Lesage V, Giard J, Michaud R, 2012. Challenges in marine mammal habitat modelling: evidence of multiple foraging habitats from the identification of feeding events in blue whales. Endang Species Res, Vol. 17 : 255–268, doi : 10.3354/esr00427
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