Distributions of Arctic and Northwest Atlantic killer whales inferred from oxygen isotopes

Abstract Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are distributed widely in all oceans, although they are most common in coastal waters of temperate and high-latitude regions. The species’ distribution has not been fully described in the northwest Atlantic (NWA), where killer whales move into seasonally ice-fre...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cory J. D. Matthews, Fred J. Longstaffe, Jack W. Lawson, Steven H. Ferguson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86272-5