Australia’s east coast humpback whales: satellite tag derived movements on breeding grounds, feeding grounds and along the northern and southern migration

• Other Authors: AADC (owner), AADC, DATA OFFICER (distributor), AADC, DATA OFFICER (custodian), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (hasAssociationWith), Andrews-Goff, V. (originator), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher), Australian Antarctic Division (sponsor)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: oceans; biota; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALES; SATELLITE TELEMETRY; HUMPBACK WHALE; TYPE C IMPLANTABLE SATELLITE TAGS; ARGOS > ARGOS Data Collection and Position Location System; Dart Biopsy Gun; Ships; SATELLITES > SATELLITES; AMD; AMD/AU; CEOS; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; baleen whales; East Antarctica; Humpback Whale; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/australias-east-coast-southern-migration/2824014

Progress Code: completed Statement: This dataset is described in detail in a paper submitted to Biodiversity Data Journal: Virginia Andrews-Goff , Michael C Double Simon J Childerhouse , Sarah M Laverick , Andrea M Polanowski , Nick Gales (submitted 2023). Australia’s east coast humpback whales: satellite tag derived movements on breeding grounds, feeding grounds and along the northern and southern migration. Purpose Satellite tags were deployed on humpback whales on their southward migration, northward migration and feeding grounds in 2008, 2009 and 2010 to describe migratory pathways, movements on Antarctic feeding grounds and to identify possible calving areas. At the time, these movements were not well understood and calving grounds not clearly identified. Satellite tags were deployed on 48 east Australian humpback whales (breeding stock E1) in 2008, 2009 and 2010 on their southward migration, northward migration and feeding grounds in order to identify and describe migratory pathways, feeding grounds and possible calving areas. At the time, these movements were not well understood and calving grounds not clearly identified. To the best of our knowledge, this dataset details all long-term tag deployments that have occurred to date on breeding stock E1. Satellite tags were deployed on whales in the following locations: • Eden, southern NSW (Australia), October 2008: whales were tagged off Eden during their southern migration. • Evans Head, northern NSW (Australia), June and July 2009: whales were tagged off Evans Head during their northern migration. • East Antarctica, February 2010: whales were tagged on their feeding grounds within IWC Management Area V. • Sunshine Coast, QLD (Australia), October 2010: whales were tagged off the Sunshine Coast during their southern migration. The various files in the download are: Argos locations generated by tagging of East Australian (breeding stock E1) humpback whale This file contains all Argos locations generated by satellite tags deployed on humpback whales. ...