Data from: Australia’s east coast humpback whales: satellite tag derived movements on breeding grounds, feeding grounds and along the northern and southern migration. ...

• Main Authors: Andrews-Goff, Virginia, Gales, Nick, Childerhouse, Simon J., Laverick, Sarah M., Polanowski, Andrea M., Double, Michael C.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Movebank Data Repository 2023
• Subjects: Megaptera novaeangliae; animal foraging; animal migration; animal movement; animal tracking; Argos; baleen whale; cetaceans; humpback whale; satellite telemetry; Southern Ocean; Humpback Whale
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.294; https://datarepository.movebank.org/handle/10255/move.1660

Background: Satellite tags were deployed on 50 east Australian humpback whales (breeding stock E1) between 2008 and 2010 on their southward migration, northward migration and feeding grounds in order to identify and describe migratory pathways, feeding grounds and possible calving areas. At the time, these movements were not well understood and calving grounds were not clearly identified. To the best of our knowledge, this dataset details all long-term, implantable tag deployments that have occurred to date on breeding stock E1. As such, these data provide researchers, regulators and industry with clear and valuable insights into the spatial and temporal nature of humpback whale movements along the eastern coastline of Australia and into the Southern Ocean. As this population of humpback whales navigates an increasingly complex habitat undergoing various development pressures and anthropogenic disturbances, in addition to climate-mediated changes in their marine environment, this dataset may also provide a ...