First documented movement of a humpback whale between the Cape Verde Islands and West Greenland
Abstract The endangered population of humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) breeding and calving off the Cape Verde Islands (CVI) are known to migrate to feeding areas located along the eastern margin of the North Atlantic Ocean (Iceland, and Norway). Here, we report for the first time a confir...
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crwiley:10.1002/ece3.11152 2024-06-23T07:53:09+00:00 First documented movement of a humpback whale between the Cape Verde Islands and West Greenland Chosson, Valerie Wyss, Virginie Jann, Beatrice Wenzel, Frederick W. Sigurðsson, Guðjón Már Simon, Malene Hansen, Rikke Guldborg Jones, Lindsey S. 2024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11152 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.11152 en eng Wiley http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ecology and Evolution volume 14, issue 3 ISSN 2045-7758 2045-7758 journal-article 2024 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11152 2024-06-04T06:48:09Z Abstract The endangered population of humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) breeding and calving off the Cape Verde Islands (CVI) are known to migrate to feeding areas located along the eastern margin of the North Atlantic Ocean (Iceland, and Norway). Here, we report for the first time a confirmed migration of an individual humpback whale from CVI breeding ground to a western North Atlantic feeding ground of West Greenland. This individual humpback, which was photographed and identified off the coast of West Greenland in 2021, was previously documented in CVI 22 years before (1999). An annual subsistence hunt for humpbacks occurs in West Greenland and the resighting at this location with a humpback whale from CVI has strong implications for the conservation efforts of the small CVI population. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Humpback Whale Iceland Megaptera novaeangliae North Atlantic Wiley Online Library Greenland Norway Ecology and Evolution 14 3 |
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Abstract The endangered population of humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) breeding and calving off the Cape Verde Islands (CVI) are known to migrate to feeding areas located along the eastern margin of the North Atlantic Ocean (Iceland, and Norway). Here, we report for the first time a confirmed migration of an individual humpback whale from CVI breeding ground to a western North Atlantic feeding ground of West Greenland. This individual humpback, which was photographed and identified off the coast of West Greenland in 2021, was previously documented in CVI 22 years before (1999). An annual subsistence hunt for humpbacks occurs in West Greenland and the resighting at this location with a humpback whale from CVI has strong implications for the conservation efforts of the small CVI population. |
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Chosson, Valerie Wyss, Virginie Jann, Beatrice Wenzel, Frederick W. Sigurðsson, Guðjón Már Simon, Malene Hansen, Rikke Guldborg Jones, Lindsey S. |
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Chosson, Valerie Wyss, Virginie Jann, Beatrice Wenzel, Frederick W. Sigurðsson, Guðjón Már Simon, Malene Hansen, Rikke Guldborg Jones, Lindsey S. First documented movement of a humpback whale between the Cape Verde Islands and West Greenland |
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Chosson, Valerie Wyss, Virginie Jann, Beatrice Wenzel, Frederick W. Sigurðsson, Guðjón Már Simon, Malene Hansen, Rikke Guldborg Jones, Lindsey S. |
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First documented movement of a humpback whale between the Cape Verde Islands and West Greenland |
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First documented movement of a humpback whale between the Cape Verde Islands and West Greenland |
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First documented movement of a humpback whale between the Cape Verde Islands and West Greenland |
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First documented movement of a humpback whale between the Cape Verde Islands and West Greenland |
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First documented movement of a humpback whale between the Cape Verde Islands and West Greenland |
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first documented movement of a humpback whale between the cape verde islands and west greenland |
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Ecology and Evolution volume 14, issue 3 ISSN 2045-7758 2045-7758 |
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