Unexplained recurring high mortality of southern right whale calves (Eubalaena australis) at Península Valdés, Argentina

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Rowntree, Victoria J., Uhart, Marcela M., Sironi, Mariano, Chirife, Andrea, Di Martino, Matias, la Sala, Luciano Francisco, Musmeci, Luciana Raquel, Mohamed, Nadia, Andrejuk, Julian, Mcaloose, Denise, Sala, Juan Emilio, Carribero, Alejandro, Rally, Heather, Franco, Marcelo, Adler, Frederick R., Brownell Jr, Robert. L., Seger, Jon, Rowles, Teri
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-research
• Subjects: Right whale; Mortality; Eubalaena australis; Strandings; Patagonia; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Austral; Argentina; Ballenas; Southern Right Whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/7916

Hundreds of southern right whale calves Eubalaena australis died on their calving ground at Península Valdés, Argentina from 2003 through 2011. During this period, the number of dead calves increased at a much greater rate than that of living calves over the preceding 32 yr, and with greater inter-a...