BIRTH AND POSTNATAL GROWTH OF THE FIN WHALE IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN

The stranding data of 72 specimens of fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus, in the length range 5,05-16 m, were used to ascertain the calving season, the location of the calving grounds and the postnatal growth in the Central Mediterranean. Fin whales are born in a six month period (September-February),...

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Main Authors: Lidia Orsi Relini, Fulvio Garibaldi
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Cetacea
Growth
Ligurian Sea 1 1
Balaenoptera physalus
Fin whale
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.657.2852
http://www.ciesm.org/online/archives/abstracts/pdf/40/PG_0612.pdf
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Summary:The stranding data of 72 specimens of fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus, in the length range 5,05-16 m, were used to ascertain the calving season, the location of the calving grounds and the postnatal growth in the Central Mediterranean. Fin whales are born in a six month period (September-February), at a length of about 5,5 m, in a restricted latitudinal range: the calving area is situated in the northern part of the Western Mediterranean (Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Sea), close to the main summer feeding area. After one year the whale is about 12 m long and after two years about 14 m.

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