Hybridization of Southern Hemisphere blue whale subspecies and a sympatric area off Antarctica : impacts of whaling or climate change?

• Main Authors: C Attard, L Beheregaray, K Jenner, Peter Gill, M N Jenner, Margie Morrice, K Robertson, L Moller
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Uncategorized; admixture; Balaenoptera musculus; biodiversity conservation; endangered species; microsatellite DNA; population genetics; Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Ecology; Evolutionary Biology; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; MICROSATELLITE LOCI; POPULATION-STRUCTURE; FIN WHALE; MEGAPTERA-NOVAEANGLIAE; BALAENOPTERA-MUSCULUS; HUMPBACK WHALE; OCEAN; CONSERVATION; INFERENCE; PACIFIC; Pacific; Antarc*; Antarctica; Blue whale; Fin whale; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30051612; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Hybridization_of_Southern_Hemisphere_blue_whale_subspecies_and_a_sympatric_area_off_Antarctica_impacts_of_whaling_or_climate_change_/20969635

Understanding the degree of genetic exchange between subspecies and populations is vital for the appropriate management of endangered species. Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) have two recognized Southern Hemisphere subspecies that show differences in