The wide range of migratory paths used by the humpback whales tagged in New Caledonia during their southern migration is consistent with the connections inferred from this Discovery marking. In the North Pacific, some humpback whales migrate from Alaska to Hawaii—they can complete the 3,000 mile trip in as few as 36 days. With a better understanding of species biogeography, ocean resource managers and lawmakers can better protect these species by establishing marine protected areas, altering shipping lanes, and regulating fisheries and sources of sound pollution.) You cannot download interactives.Marine ecosystems contain a diverse array of living organisms and abiotic processes.
Gray whales live in the Eastern North Pacific Ocean in America and the Western North Pacific Ocean in Asia.

Activate students’ prior knowledge about migration and biogeography. Show students the video (3 minutes) for the Census of Marine Life’s Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP) research program and discuss the questions. Ask students to identify the ecosystems that their animal travels through. "They've maintained their ancestral feeding mode and added it to their toolbox," said Lindberg.This was discovered by comparing past trends in whale feeding, with the characteristics of a pod of 200 gray whales off the coast of Vancouver Island. "These animals are more plastic in their behavior; they don't have to swim to the Bering Strait every year. It reaches a length of 14.9 meters (49 ft), a weight of up to 41 tonnes (90,000 lb) and lives between 55 and 70 years, although one female was estimated to be 75-80 years of age. "Fish people are used to fishing may be gone. But the more drastic adjustments, he said, could involve those living on land along the West Coast. Gray whales make one of the longest migrations of any mammal on earth. Researchers identified the unique feeding pattern by studying food availability and the whales' population over the past 120,000 years. "It wouldn't be too hard to surmise that it would affect some of the local fishing," said Brodeur. Ask:Assess students' completed worksheets and ocean predator presentations for accuracy and comprehension.Have students research and map the migratory habits and biogeography of other marine animals. developed consistent and established migration patterns from cold nutrient-rich foraging grounds to tropical calving grounds. The gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), also known as the grey whale, gray back whale, Pacific gray whale, or California gray whale, is a baleen whale that migrates between feeding and breeding grounds yearly.
1. "Studying the past is about different settings we see in terms of climate parameters and interactions with that environment," he said. 3. As other groups listen, ask them to fill in the Marine Migration Chart worksheet with information about the other marine species presented by their classmates.Using the Water Planet Mega Map or the World Physical Tabletop Maps, both included in the World Physical MapMaker Kit, have students draw the migration routes of the ocean predators they researched. Whales and Fish Adapt to Climate-Induced Changes in the Pacific Ocean The animals are employing new feeding behaviors and migration patterns By Julia Pyper , ClimateWire on July 12, 2011 They travel great distances during their seasonal migration with some animals migrating 5,000 miles between high-latitude summer feeding grounds and winter mating and calving areas in tropical waters. Every year, they swim over 10,000 miles roundtrip between Mexico's nursery lagoons and feeding grounds in the Arctic. The fact that these resident ones are hanging out shows they have this flexible capability. When students have completed their worksheets, have them go to the TOPP homepage, click on the Feature Story section of the page, and use the videos and slideshows provided to find out more about their species and its migratory habits.Have each group present their findings to the class.