Why do baleen whales migrate? A response to Corkeron and Connor

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Cooperative hunting behavior, prey selectivity and prey handling by pack ice killer whales (Orcinus orca), type B, in Antarctic Peninsula waters (2012, background): “These claims have generated a series of pointed rebuttals (e.g., Clapham 2001, DeMaster et al. 2006, Mizroch and Rice 2006, Mehta et al. 2007, Trites et al. 2007, Wade et al. 2007, Barbraud and Cotté 2008, Wade et al. 2009), and the only consensus that has emerged to date is that too little is…”
Fight or flight: antipredator strategies of baleen whales (2008, background): “, 1996; Mizroch & Rice, 2006), and thus do not represent a significant source of predation pressure (Clapham, 2001).”
Whale killers: Prevalence and ecological implications of killer whale predation on humpback whale calves off Western Australia (2015, background): “…great whales, humpbacks have long been known to show a high incidence of presumed killer whale rake marks on their flukes (Katona et al. 1980), leading many to conclude that they probably are regularly attacked (Clapham 2000, 2001; Naessig and Lanyon 2004; Mehta et al. 2007; Steiger et al. 2008).”
Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems (2007, background): “Scarring patterns in photo-identified humpback whales suggest that killer whale attacks are primarily on calves, with adults only rarely incurring fresh scars (Clapham 2001; Naessig and Lanyon 2004), and attacks on calves are also more common for other large cetaceans (Reeves et al.”