Patterns of population genetic structure among Australian and South Pacific humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)

• Main Author: Schmitt, Natalie Tara
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Subjects: population genetic structure; humpback whale; Australia; South Pacific; conservation; management; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Pacific; Corridor The; Corridor, The; Antarc*; baleen whales; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/9851; https://doi.org/10.25911/5d78d989ba47e; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/9851/4/01Front_Schmitt.pdf.jpg; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/9851/6/02Whole_Schmitt.pdf.jpg

Humpback whales undertake long-distance seasonal migrations between low latitude winter breeding grounds and high latitude summer feeding grounds. Although arguably one of the best studied of all baleen whales, there remain some critical gaps in our understanding of their population structure, migra...