Deep ocean drivers better explain habitat preferences of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus than beaked whales in the Bay of Biscay

Deep ocean drivers better explain habitat preferences of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus than beaked whales in the Bay of Biscay

Abstract Species Distribution Models are commonly used with surface dynamic environmental variables as proxies for prey distribution to characterise marine top predator habitats. For oceanic species that spend lot of time at depth, surface variables might not be relevant to predict deep-dwelling pre...

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Main Authors: Auriane Virgili, Valentin Teillard, Ghislain Dorémus, Timothy E. Dunn, Sophie Laran, Mark Lewis, Maite Louzao, José Martínez-Cedeira, Emeline Pettex, Leire Ruiz, Camilo Saavedra, M. Begoña Santos, Olivier Van Canneyt, José Antonio Vázquez Bonales, Vincent Ridoux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13546-x

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13546-x

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