Long-distance communication can enable collective migration in a dynamic seascape

A photo of a blue whale surfacing in the open ocean, taken from above.

“Social information is predicted to enhance the quality of animals’ migratory decisions in dynamic ecosystems, but the relative benefits of social information in the long-range movements of marine megafauna are unknown. In particular, whether and how migrants use nonlocal information gained through social communication at the large spatial scale of oceanic ecosystems remains unclear. […]”

Authors: Stephanie Dodson, William K. Oestreich, Matthew S. Savoca, Elliott L. Hazen, Steven J. Bograd, John P. Ryan, Jerome Fiechter & Briana Abrahms
Journal: Scientific Reports
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65827-2

Photo credit: NOAA / Ark Whales

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