Where the Whales Go:The Migration Routes of Humpbacks in the South West Atlantic

• Main Author: Thouless, Clare
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2021
• Subjects: Humpback whales; Seamounts; Migration Routes; Marine Mammal Protected Areas; Satellite Tracking; Sandwich Islands; South Georgia; South Sandwich Islands
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1693m1b5

The migration patterns of humpback whales in the southwestern Atlantic have not been studied in detail. Humpback whales that winter off the coast of Brazil migrate south to offshore waters around South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This project uses data collected from satellite tags attac...