Blue Whale - High density feeding areas
Blue Whale - High density feeding areas is an open dataset from Fisheries and Oceans Canada with 3 files (ESRI REST, FGDB/GDB); catalogue record updated 2026-03-24. On CanQuery you can follow the original downloads. Files are available in English and French.
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
Official sources and licences
Resources
- Blue whale - High density feeding areas (30, 40, 50, 60, 75, 95 %) (French, ESRI REST) ESRI REST · Download ESRI REST
- Blue whale - High density feeding areas (30, 40, 50, 60, 75, 95 %) (English, ESRI REST) ESRI REST · Download ESRI REST
- BlueWhaleHighDensityFeedingAreas.gdb.zip (English, French, FGDB/GDB) FGDB/GDB · Download FGDB/GDB