Presence and movement of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the Gold Coast, Australia
The Gold Coast bay in eastern Australia has been hypothesised to be an important habitat, primarily for humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs. Here we investigated relative distribution, and temporal patterns from 2,305 humpback whales between 2011 to 2017. The data were collecte...
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ftcopenhagenunip:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/d2910a44-eb72-4aaa-9b1c-98877713d62e 2024-06-09T07:46:36+00:00 Presence and movement of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the Gold Coast, Australia Valani, Rebecca Meynecke, Jan Olaf Olsen, Morten Tange 2020 https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/presence-and-movement-of-humpback-whale-megaptera-novaeangliae-mothercalf-pairs-in-the-gold-coast-australia(d2910a44-eb72-4aaa-9b1c-98877713d62e).html https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2020.1850177 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Valani , R , Meynecke , J O & Olsen , M T 2020 , ' Presence and movement of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the Gold Coast, Australia ' , Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology , vol. 53 , no. 5-6 , pp. 251-263 . https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2020.1850177 calves citizen science humpback whales Marine conservation resting article 2020 ftcopenhagenunip https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2020.1850177 2024-05-16T11:29:18Z The Gold Coast bay in eastern Australia has been hypothesised to be an important habitat, primarily for humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs. Here we investigated relative distribution, and temporal patterns from 2,305 humpback whales between 2011 to 2017. The data were collected from whale-watching vessels using citizen science. We analysed seasonal presence of mother-calf pairs, dive times, direction of movement and location to determine habitat use of the bay as aresting area. In average aquarter of all sighted whales were mother-calf pairs with peaks of sightings each October. The recorded average dive time of 3.20 minutes was short compared to that in migratory corridors. Mother-calf pairs were sighted more often closer to shore relative to other pods. We compared our results to recognised breeding and resting grounds and found similar results, indicating that the Gold Coast bay may serve as an important stop-over for humpback whale mother-calf pairs. Article in Journal/Newspaper Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae University of Copenhagen: Research Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 53 5-6 251 263 |
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The Gold Coast bay in eastern Australia has been hypothesised to be an important habitat, primarily for humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs. Here we investigated relative distribution, and temporal patterns from 2,305 humpback whales between 2011 to 2017. The data were collected from whale-watching vessels using citizen science. We analysed seasonal presence of mother-calf pairs, dive times, direction of movement and location to determine habitat use of the bay as aresting area. In average aquarter of all sighted whales were mother-calf pairs with peaks of sightings each October. The recorded average dive time of 3.20 minutes was short compared to that in migratory corridors. Mother-calf pairs were sighted more often closer to shore relative to other pods. We compared our results to recognised breeding and resting grounds and found similar results, indicating that the Gold Coast bay may serve as an important stop-over for humpback whale mother-calf pairs. |
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Presence and movement of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the Gold Coast, Australia |
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Presence and movement of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the Gold Coast, Australia |
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Presence and movement of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the Gold Coast, Australia |
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Presence and movement of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the Gold Coast, Australia |
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Presence and movement of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the Gold Coast, Australia |
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presence and movement of humpback whale (megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the gold coast, australia |
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Valani , R , Meynecke , J O & Olsen , M T 2020 , ' Presence and movement of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the Gold Coast, Australia ' , Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology , vol. 53 , no. 5-6 , pp. 251-263 . https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2020.1850177 |
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