Blue Whale - High density feeding areas

11 tagged Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) were tracked during the daytime movements as well as the feeding behaviour in the St. Lawrence River estuary. Kernel density was applied to derminate the high density feeding areas of all individuals combined (30, 40, 50, 60, 75, 95 %). Doniol-Valcroze T, Lesage V, Giard J, Michaud R, 2012. Challenges in marine mammal habitat modelling: evidence of multiple foraging habitats from the identification of feeding events in blue whales. Endang Species Res, Vol. 17 : 255–268, doi : 10.3354/esr00427 (English version only)

Publisher: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Resources: 3
Catalogue metadata updated: 2026-03-24

Data overview

Formats: ESRI REST, FGDB/GDB
File languages: English, French

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Resources

Blue whale - High density feeding areas (30, 40, 50, 60, 75, 95 %) (French, ESRI REST) ESRI REST
Blue whale - High density feeding areas (30, 40, 50, 60, 75, 95 %) (English, ESRI REST) ESRI REST
BlueWhaleHighDensityFeedingAreas.gdb.zip (English, French, FGDB/GDB) FGDB/GDB

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