Stranded humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in Paraná River Delta, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Comments on the occurrence of marine mammals in the La Plata River Basin

• Published in: Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
• Main Authors: Lucero, Sergio, Gariboldi, María Constanza, Bauni, Valeria, Meluso, Juan Manuel, del Castillo, Daniela Laura, Agnolin, Federico, Bogan, Sergio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo
• Subjects: ARGENTINA; DELTA DEL RÍO PARANÁ; HAPLOTYPES; HUMPBACK WHALE; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Argentino; Argentina; Uruguay; Bogan; Antarc*; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/94083

The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is distributed among most oceans and seas of the globe (except Mediterranean Sea). These whales migrate from feeding regions in the Antarctic waters to breeding areas in tropical and subtropical seas. Here we report the stranding of a female young humpback...