Seasonal and Multidecadal Changes in the Distribution of Small Cetaceans Inhabiting the Western North Pacific Under a Changing Ocean Environment, Inferred From Species Distribution Models Aim For several decades, substantial efforts have monitored cetacean distribution and abundance in the western North Pacific. Large-scale visual-based line transect surveys have been conducted since...

🐬Cetacean data in the North Pacific are mostly summer-biased, yet #dolphinfisheries occur in winter.
Using long-term sightings and #SDMs, this study reveals seasonal distribution shifts and climate-driven changes critical for #cetacean conservation.

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