Migratory insights from singing humpback whales recorded around central New Zealand
The migration routes of wide-ranging species can be difficult to study, particularly at sea. In the western South Pacific, migratory routes of humpback whales between breeding and feeding areas are unclear. Male humpback whales sing a population-specific song, which can be used to match singers on m...
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ftarchimer:oai:archimer.ifremer.fr:77150 2023-05-15T16:35:51+02:00 Migratory insights from singing humpback whales recorded around central New Zealand Warren, Victoria E. Constantine, Rochelle Noad, Michael Garrigue, Claire Garland, Ellen C. 2020-11 application/pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00659/77150/78522.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00659/77150/78523.wav https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201084 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00659/77150/ eng eng The Royal Society https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00659/77150/78522.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00659/77150/78523.wav doi:10.1098/rsos.201084 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00659/77150/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess restricted use Royal Society Open Science (2054-5703) (The Royal Society), 2020-11 , Vol. 7 , N. 11 , P. 201084 (15p.) passive acoustic monitoring cultural transmission humpback whale migration vocal learning text Publication info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2020 ftarchimer https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201084 2021-09-23T20:36:20Z The migration routes of wide-ranging species can be difficult to study, particularly at sea. In the western South Pacific, migratory routes of humpback whales between breeding and feeding areas are unclear. Male humpback whales sing a population-specific song, which can be used to match singers on migration to a breeding population. To investigate migratory routes and breeding area connections, passive acoustic recorders were deployed in the central New Zealand migratory corridor (2016); recorded humpback whale song was compared to song from the closest breeding populations of East Australia and New Caledonia (2015–2017). Singing northbound whales migrated past New Zealand from June to August via the east coast of the South Island and Cook Strait. Few song detections were made along the east coast of the North Island. New Zealand song matched New Caledonia song, suggesting a migratory destination, but connectivity to East Australia could not be ruled out. Two song types were present in New Zealand, illustrating the potential for easterly song transmission from East Australia to New Caledonia in this shared migratory corridor. This study enhances our understanding of western South Pacific humpback whale breeding population connectivity, and provides novel insights into the dynamic transmission of song culture. Article in Journal/Newspaper Humpback Whale Archimer (Archive Institutionnelle de l'Ifremer - Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer) New Zealand Pacific Royal Society Open Science 7 11 201084 |
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The migration routes of wide-ranging species can be difficult to study, particularly at sea. In the western South Pacific, migratory routes of humpback whales between breeding and feeding areas are unclear. Male humpback whales sing a population-specific song, which can be used to match singers on migration to a breeding population. To investigate migratory routes and breeding area connections, passive acoustic recorders were deployed in the central New Zealand migratory corridor (2016); recorded humpback whale song was compared to song from the closest breeding populations of East Australia and New Caledonia (2015–2017). Singing northbound whales migrated past New Zealand from June to August via the east coast of the South Island and Cook Strait. Few song detections were made along the east coast of the North Island. New Zealand song matched New Caledonia song, suggesting a migratory destination, but connectivity to East Australia could not be ruled out. Two song types were present in New Zealand, illustrating the potential for easterly song transmission from East Australia to New Caledonia in this shared migratory corridor. This study enhances our understanding of western South Pacific humpback whale breeding population connectivity, and provides novel insights into the dynamic transmission of song culture. |
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Warren, Victoria E. Constantine, Rochelle Noad, Michael Garrigue, Claire Garland, Ellen C. |
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Migratory insights from singing humpback whales recorded around central New Zealand |
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Migratory insights from singing humpback whales recorded around central New Zealand |
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Migratory insights from singing humpback whales recorded around central New Zealand |
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Migratory insights from singing humpback whales recorded around central New Zealand |
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Migratory insights from singing humpback whales recorded around central New Zealand |
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migratory insights from singing humpback whales recorded around central new zealand |
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