Title

Whales & Climate research program

License

Access by request only (Access by request on)

+ The associated data is accessed by request to the data providers only

Abstract

Whales & Climate research program

Many whale populations are now in the process of recovering following over- exploitation by the whaling industry. Climate change is one of the next biggest challenges that whales are facing. The research program runs under 4 major themes: Whale Ecology, Ocean Processes, Marine Geochemistry and Future Climate. The outputs of the research themes are joint in a number of models. Fine and large scale models on oceanographic features relevant for humpback whales are being developed and the movement of the species analysed over large spatial (>1000 kms) and temporal (>100 years) scales.

Project website

http://www.whalesandclimate.org

Keywords

• Climate Variability and Change
• humpback whales
• ocean dynamics
• southern right whales
• whales
• Essential Ocean subvariables (EOV subvariables) & Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs)
  • Marine mammals abundance
• GOOS Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs)
  • Marine mammals abundance and distribution
  • Phytoplankton biomass and diversity
  • Zooplankton biomass and diversity
• GOOS Physics, Biogeochemistry, and Cross-disciplinary EOVs
  • Nutrients
  • Sea ice
  • Sea surface salinity
  • Sea surface temperature
  • Subsurface currents

SOPs

Outputs

Interested in publishing to OBIS

Yes

Data in OBIS

No; none of the biological data collected by the network is included in OBIS

Funding

Philantrophic Trust

Funding sector

• Civil society

Regions

Global

Responsible

olafmeynecke

Point of Contact

olafmeynecke

Maintenance Frequency

1X Per Year

Temporal Extent

January 1900 - January 2022

Supplemental Information

No information provided

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