(Animals) any large whalebone whale of the familyBalaenidae.They are grey or black, have a large head, and, in most, no dorsal fin, and are hunted as a source of whalebone and oil. See alsobowhead [C19: perhaps so named because it wasrightfor hunting] ...
Feeding frenzy for whales in Gulf of Maine All kinds of whales are feasting in the waters off New England. Nov 16, 2023 00:32 Right whale decline appears to be slowing, but big threats remain The decline of one of the rarest whales in the world appears to be slowing, but they ...
Rare whale died of chronic entanglement in Maine fishing gear October 4, 2024 Offering a dose of healing, curious beluga whales frolic in a warming Hudson Bay October 2, 2024 A celebrity ‘Russian spy’ whale spotted with harness found dead in Norwegian waters September 1, 2024 A hu...
A study of 518 individually identified humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the southern Gulf of Maine between 1979 and 1988 showed high rates of both within-season occurrence and annual return. On average, 77.3% of whales were resighted on more than 1 day during the year (maximum 83 ...
Right whales, which are found only in the North Atlantic, come to the Bay of Fundy to feed, mate and raise their young. These baleen whales are attracted to the abundant (丰富的) food in the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of Maine. Although few in number, Right whales still come together...
The Gulf of Maine is one of the most rapidly warming regions of the ocean, and thus an ideal system to study phenological and biological responses to climate change. A better understanding of climate-induced changes in phenology is needed to effectively and adaptively manage human-wildlife ...
Weinrich MT, Kuhlberg AE (1991) Short-term association patterns of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) groups on their feeding grounds in the southern Gulf of Maine. Can J Zool 69(12):3005–3011 Article Google Scholar Weinrich MT, Rosenbaum H, Baker C, Blackmer AL, Whitehead H (2006...
extends from the Arctic ice-edge to the West Indies. They are normally found in small groups, although 40 animals were reported from the southern Gulf of Maine in September 1979, and 29 animals in Massachusetts Bay inAugust 1986 (Katona et al. 1988). In the U.S. Atlantic EEZ, while th...
(Euphausia paci- fica, Thysanoessa spinifera and Nyc- tiphanes simplex) concentrated at dis- crete depths in the water column, (2) these areas of high euphausiid density are sustained by upwelling regions of season- ally high primary production, and (3) topographic breaks in the continental...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — On a breezy spring day, scientists and conservationists methodically conducted experiments near 15 North Atlantic right whales that occasionally spouted and surfaced in a bay south of Boston.