Past and present distribution, densities and movements of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean
ABSTRACT Blue whale locations in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean were obtained from catches (303 239), sightings (4383 records of ≥8058 whales), strandings (103), Discovery marks (2191) and recoveries (95), and acoustic recordings. Sighting surveys included 7 480 450 km of effort p...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1365-2907.2007.00106.x 2024-09-15T17:48:44+00:00 Past and present distribution, densities and movements of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean BRANCH, T. A. STAFFORD, K. M. PALACIOS, D. M. ALLISON, C. BANNISTER, J. L. BURTON, C. L. K. CABRERA, E. CARLSON, C. A. GALLETTI VERNAZZANI, B. GILL, P. C. HUCKE‐GAETE, R. JENNER, K. C. S. JENNER, M.‐N. M. MATSUOKA, K. MIKHALEV, Y. A. MIYASHITA, T. MORRICE, M. G. NISHIWAKI, S. STURROCK, V. J. TORMOSOV, D. ANDERSON, R. C. BAKER, A. N. BEST, P. B. BORSA, P. BROWNELL JR, R. L. CHILDERHOUSE, S. FINDLAY, K. P. GERRODETTE, T. ILANGAKOON, A. D. JOERGENSEN, M. KAHN, B. LJUNGBLAD, D. K. MAUGHAN, B. MCCAULEY, R. D. MCKAY, S. NORRIS, T. F. RANKIN, S. SAMARAN, F. THIELE, D. VAN WAEREBEEK, K. WARNEKE, R. M. 2007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2907.2007.00106.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2907.2007.00106.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2907.2007.00106.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Mammal Review volume 37, issue 2, page 116-175 ISSN 0305-1838 1365-2907 journal-article 2007 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2907.2007.00106.x 2024-08-20T04:15:25Z ABSTRACT Blue whale locations in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean were obtained from catches (303 239), sightings (4383 records of ≥8058 whales), strandings (103), Discovery marks (2191) and recoveries (95), and acoustic recordings. Sighting surveys included 7 480 450 km of effort plus 14 676 days with unmeasured effort. Groups usually consisted of solitary whales (65.2%) or pairs (24.6%); larger feeding aggregations of unassociated individuals were only rarely observed. Sighting rates (groups per 1000 km from many platform types) varied by four orders of magnitude and were lowest in the waters of Brazil, South Africa, the eastern tropical Pacific, Antarctica and South Georgia; higher in the Subantarctic and Peru; and highest around Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Chile, southern Australia and south of Madagascar. Blue whales avoid the oligotrophic central gyres of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, but are more common where phytoplankton densities are high, and where there are dynamic oceanographic processes like upwelling and frontal meandering. Compared with historical catches, the Antarctic (‘true’) subspecies is exceedingly rare and usually concentrated closer to the summer pack ice. In summer they are found throughout the Antarctic; in winter they migrate to southern Africa (although recent sightings there are rare) and to other northerly locations (based on acoustics), although some overwinter in the Antarctic. Pygmy blue whales are found around the Indian Ocean and from southern Australia to New Zealand. At least four groupings are evident: northern Indian Ocean, from Madagascar to the Subantarctic, Indonesia to western and southern Australia, and from New Zealand northwards to the equator. Sighting rates are typically much higher than for Antarctic blue whales. South‐east Pacific blue whales have a discrete distribution and high sighting rates compared with the Antarctic. Further work is needed to clarify their subspecific status given their distinctive genetics, acoustics and length ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Balaenoptera musculus Blue whale Wiley Online Library Mammal Review 37 2 116 175 |
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ABSTRACT Blue whale locations in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean were obtained from catches (303 239), sightings (4383 records of ≥8058 whales), strandings (103), Discovery marks (2191) and recoveries (95), and acoustic recordings. Sighting surveys included 7 480 450 km of effort plus 14 676 days with unmeasured effort. Groups usually consisted of solitary whales (65.2%) or pairs (24.6%); larger feeding aggregations of unassociated individuals were only rarely observed. Sighting rates (groups per 1000 km from many platform types) varied by four orders of magnitude and were lowest in the waters of Brazil, South Africa, the eastern tropical Pacific, Antarctica and South Georgia; higher in the Subantarctic and Peru; and highest around Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Chile, southern Australia and south of Madagascar. Blue whales avoid the oligotrophic central gyres of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, but are more common where phytoplankton densities are high, and where there are dynamic oceanographic processes like upwelling and frontal meandering. Compared with historical catches, the Antarctic (‘true’) subspecies is exceedingly rare and usually concentrated closer to the summer pack ice. In summer they are found throughout the Antarctic; in winter they migrate to southern Africa (although recent sightings there are rare) and to other northerly locations (based on acoustics), although some overwinter in the Antarctic. Pygmy blue whales are found around the Indian Ocean and from southern Australia to New Zealand. At least four groupings are evident: northern Indian Ocean, from Madagascar to the Subantarctic, Indonesia to western and southern Australia, and from New Zealand northwards to the equator. Sighting rates are typically much higher than for Antarctic blue whales. South‐east Pacific blue whales have a discrete distribution and high sighting rates compared with the Antarctic. Further work is needed to clarify their subspecific status given their distinctive genetics, acoustics and length ... |
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BRANCH, T. A. STAFFORD, K. M. PALACIOS, D. M. ALLISON, C. BANNISTER, J. L. BURTON, C. L. K. CABRERA, E. CARLSON, C. A. GALLETTI VERNAZZANI, B. GILL, P. C. HUCKE‐GAETE, R. JENNER, K. C. S. JENNER, M.‐N. M. MATSUOKA, K. MIKHALEV, Y. A. MIYASHITA, T. MORRICE, M. G. NISHIWAKI, S. STURROCK, V. J. TORMOSOV, D. ANDERSON, R. C. BAKER, A. N. BEST, P. B. BORSA, P. BROWNELL JR, R. L. CHILDERHOUSE, S. FINDLAY, K. P. GERRODETTE, T. ILANGAKOON, A. D. JOERGENSEN, M. KAHN, B. LJUNGBLAD, D. K. MAUGHAN, B. MCCAULEY, R. D. MCKAY, S. NORRIS, T. F. RANKIN, S. SAMARAN, F. THIELE, D. VAN WAEREBEEK, K. WARNEKE, R. M. |
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BRANCH, T. A. STAFFORD, K. M. PALACIOS, D. M. ALLISON, C. BANNISTER, J. L. BURTON, C. L. K. CABRERA, E. CARLSON, C. A. GALLETTI VERNAZZANI, B. GILL, P. C. HUCKE‐GAETE, R. JENNER, K. C. S. JENNER, M.‐N. M. MATSUOKA, K. MIKHALEV, Y. A. MIYASHITA, T. MORRICE, M. G. NISHIWAKI, S. STURROCK, V. J. TORMOSOV, D. ANDERSON, R. C. BAKER, A. N. BEST, P. B. BORSA, P. BROWNELL JR, R. L. CHILDERHOUSE, S. FINDLAY, K. P. GERRODETTE, T. ILANGAKOON, A. D. JOERGENSEN, M. KAHN, B. LJUNGBLAD, D. K. MAUGHAN, B. MCCAULEY, R. D. MCKAY, S. NORRIS, T. F. RANKIN, S. SAMARAN, F. THIELE, D. VAN WAEREBEEK, K. WARNEKE, R. M. Past and present distribution, densities and movements of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean |
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BRANCH, T. A. STAFFORD, K. M. PALACIOS, D. M. ALLISON, C. BANNISTER, J. L. BURTON, C. L. K. CABRERA, E. CARLSON, C. A. GALLETTI VERNAZZANI, B. GILL, P. C. HUCKE‐GAETE, R. JENNER, K. C. S. JENNER, M.‐N. M. MATSUOKA, K. MIKHALEV, Y. A. MIYASHITA, T. MORRICE, M. G. NISHIWAKI, S. STURROCK, V. J. TORMOSOV, D. ANDERSON, R. C. BAKER, A. N. BEST, P. B. BORSA, P. BROWNELL JR, R. L. CHILDERHOUSE, S. FINDLAY, K. P. GERRODETTE, T. ILANGAKOON, A. D. JOERGENSEN, M. KAHN, B. LJUNGBLAD, D. K. MAUGHAN, B. MCCAULEY, R. D. MCKAY, S. NORRIS, T. F. RANKIN, S. SAMARAN, F. THIELE, D. VAN WAEREBEEK, K. WARNEKE, R. M. |
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Past and present distribution, densities and movements of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean |
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Past and present distribution, densities and movements of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean |
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Past and present distribution, densities and movements of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean |
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Past and present distribution, densities and movements of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean |
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Past and present distribution, densities and movements of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean |
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past and present distribution, densities and movements of blue whales balaenoptera musculus in the southern hemisphere and northern indian ocean |
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