Supplementary material from "Killer whale acoustic patterns respond to prey abundance and environmental variability around the Prince Edward Islands, Southern Ocean"
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Killer whales are apex predators with temporally and spatially varying distributions throughout the world's oceans. Their ecology and behaviour are poorly understood in most regions due to limited research, often because of logistical challenges. Here, we used a passive acoustic monitoring device to investigate the seasonal acoustic occurrence and diel vocalizing behaviour of killer whales around the remote sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands (PEIs), Southern Ocean. Killer whales showed diel vocalizing patterns that varied seasonally in relation to their prey abundance and social activities. Killer whale calls were intermittently detected year-round with a high number of hours containing calls in October through December, and a secondary peak in February through May, corresponding to seal prey abundance. Random forest modelling identified wind speed as the primary predictor of the occurrence of killer whale calls (with a negative correlation) while sea surface height, chlorophyll-a and sea surface temperature were moderately important. We provide the first acoustic evidence that killer whale occurrence around the PEIs might coincide with variability in environmental conditions and prey abundance. Our results provide the first indication of diel vocalizing pattern of killer whales in the Southern Ocean. This knowledge is important for understanding killer whale ecology and adaptation to the changing oceans.
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Shabangu, Fannie W.; Daniels, Robyn; Jordaan, Rowan K.; Nico de Bruyn, P. J.; van den Berg, Marcel A.; Lamont, Tarron (2023). Supplementary material from "Killer whale acoustic patterns respond to prey abundance and environmental variability around the Prince Edward Islands, Southern Ocean". The Royal Society. Collection. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6980755.v1
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AUTHORS (6)
FS
Fannie W. Shabangu
RD
Robyn Daniels
RJ
Rowan K. Jordaan
PN
P. J. Nico de Bruyn
Mv
Marcel A. van den Berg
TL
Tarron Lamont