Dine with Tour Own Kind

摘要

For a few weeks in early fall, Georges Bank -a vast North Atlantic fishery off the coast of Cape Cod-teems with masses of herring that take over the region to spawn. The seasonal arrival of the herring also attracts predators to the shallow banks, including many species of whales.Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Norway's Institute of Marine Research have found that, as multiple species of whales feast on herring, they tend to stick with their own kind, establishing species-specific feeding centers along the 150-mile length of Georges Bank.