Fig. 2: Seasonal distribution of gray, humpback, and right whales.
From: Migrating baleen whales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems
Gray whales are restricted to the North Pacific (A). Humpback whales are found throughout the world's oceans (B). Three species of right whales are found in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Southern Oceans (C). The movement of nutrients from high-latitude feeding grounds to lower-latitude winter and calving grounds provides an important resource subsidy. Maps combine nineteenth-century whaling data (whalinghistory.org), with contemporary databases such as OBIS-SEAMAP and Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Basemaps are from www.naturaldata.com. Whale icons are from iStock.com/KBelka.
