Hemisphere‐Level Comparison of Climate‐Driven Humpback Whale Breeding Migrations to the Eastern Pacific Off Costa Rica
Lili Pelayo‐González, Mario A. Pardo, Enrique Martínez‐Meyer, David Herra‐Miranda, Juan D. Pacheco‐Polanco, Sierra Goodman, Lenin Oviedo · 2026
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Description
Lili Pelayo-González and co-authors compare in 2026 humpback whale breeding trips to Costa Rica waters from two hemispheres. Two whale groups feed in opposed halves of the globe, then meet off the Pacific coast to breed. Sight records span more than two decades of watching.
Sea height, surface heat, and algae levels shaped whale counts in the models. Extreme heat events and warm phase years cut counts, above all for the Central America group. Counts fell from twenty oh seven to twenty nineteen, then rose again in recent years. The two groups may overlap in late fall, with north warming raising that chance.
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| CREATOR | Lili Pelayo‐González, Mario A. Pardo, Enrique Martínez‐Meyer, David Herra‐Miranda, Juan D. Pacheco‐Polanco, Sierra Goodman, Lenin Oviedo |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |