Population abundance, trend, structure and distribution of the endangered Antarctic blue whale

• Other Authors: DOUBLE, MIKE (hasPrincipalInvestigator), MILLER, BRIAN SETH (hasPrincipalInvestigator), GALES, NICK (hasPrincipalInvestigator), DE LA MARE, BILL (hasPrincipalInvestigator), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; oceans; BALEEN WHALES; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; CETACEANS; Blue Whales; SHIPS; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; baleen whales; Blue whale
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/population-abundance-trend-blue-whale/699085; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4102; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

This is a parent record for data collected from AAS project 4102. Project 4102 also follows on from ASAC project 2683, "Passive acoustic monitoring of antarctic marine mammals" (see the related metadata record at the provided URL). Public Summary: Half a century ago the Antarctic blue whale was perilously close to extinction. Over 350,000 were killed before the remaining few were fully protected. A decade ago this elusive and poorly understood species was estimated to be less than 5% of its pre-whaling abundance. This multi-national, circumpolar project will develop and apply powerful new techniques to survey these rare whales and gain an insight into their recovery and ecology. The project is the flagship of the Southern Ocean Research Partnership - an International Whaling Commission endorsed collaborative program.