Hi everyone, welcome to a new episode of WHALEZONE.TV, which is now available on our blog!
In this episode, Milou talks about the many reasons why whales and dolphins choose to stay either closer or further from shore.
Thanks to our friend Timo Krebs for asking this question! Who is next?
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References:
B.A.Bluhm (2007) High gray whale relative abundances associated with an oceanographic front in the south-central Chukchi Sea.
Eric Wolanski (1988) Topographically Controlled Fronts in the Ocean and Their Biological Influence.
Lars Bejder (2006) Decline in Relative Abundance of Bottlenose Dolphins Exposed to Long‐Term Disturbance.
Nikolina Rako et. al (2013) Leisure boating noise as a trigger for the displacement of the bottlenose dolphinsof the Cres–Lošinj archipelago (northern Adriatic Sea, Croatia) – Marine Pollution Bulletin.
Julian A. Tyne (2007) Temporally and spatially partitioned behaviours of spinner dolphins: implications for resilience to human disturbance.
Charlotte Lambert (2014) Predicting Cetacean Habitats from Their Energetic Needs and the Distribution of Their Prey in Two Contrasted Tropical Regions