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Memory and resource tracking drive blue whale migrations.

Briana Abrahms¹, Elliott L Hazen^2,3, Ellen O Aikens^4,5

¹Environmental Research Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Monterey, CA 93940; briana.abrahms@noaa.gov.

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|February 27, 2019

Summary

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Blue whales track historical climate patterns, not real-time food availability, when migrating. This suggests memory, not immediate cues, drives their movements, potentially hindering adaptation to rapid environmental changes.

Keywords:

marine megafauna migration movement ecology resource wave spatial memory

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Area of Science:

Marine Ecology
Animal Migration
Behavioral Ecology

Background:

The green wave hypothesis explains how terrestrial migrants use resource waves for foraging.
This hypothesis remains largely untested in migratory marine megafauna.
Understanding migration drivers is crucial for predicting impacts of environmental change.

Purpose of the Study:

To test the green wave hypothesis in marine systems using blue whales.
To investigate if blue whales track contemporaneous or average bloom phenology.
To evaluate the role of memory versus proximate cues in marine migration.

Main Methods:

Compared 10 years of blue whale movement data with phytoplankton bloom timing in the California Current Ecosystem.
Analyzed blue whale foraging locations relative to long-term habitat variability and productivity.
Assessed tracking of contemporaneous bloom 'green-up' versus long-term average bloom phenology.

Main Results:

Blue whales aligned with the long-term average phenology of the spring phytoplankton bloom.
Blue whales did not track the contemporaneous 'green-up' of the bloom.
Foraging sites showed low long-term variability and high long-term productivity.

Conclusions:

Memory of long-term average conditions significantly influences blue whale migration.
Marine megafauna may struggle to adapt to rapid environmental shifts.
Migration theories are conserved across terrestrial and marine ecosystems.