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Neil Banas

is an oceanographer, mathematical ecologist, and artist in Glasgow.

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Bowhead whales and plankton teleconnections

Disko Bay, West Greenland is at the end of oceanic “rivers” of Calanus copepods (red/orange lines below) that enter the bay in winter, still in diapause. They form a really dense, deep layer, and bowhead whales come from a wide area (purple) to eat them. So how much of the Calanus standing stock do the … Read more

Tags arctic, calanus, connectivity, copepods, whale, zooplankton

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