Figure 2
From: Timing is everything: Drivers of interannual variability in blue whale migration
D call onset at the Southern California feeding grounds compared to integrated 8-day sea surface temperature anomalies the prior feeding season. Annual (2008–2017) onset of D calls (our proxy for blue whale arrival at the feeding grounds) correlated with integrated eight-day sea surface temperature anomalies (°C) in Southern California from the prior feeding season (May–November; multiple regression partial R2 = 0.78, p < 0.01).
