Estimates of Abundance and Trend of Chilean Blue Whales off Isla de Chiloé, Chile.

Since 1970, blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) have been seen feeding in the waters off southern Chile during the summer and autumn (December to May). Investigation of the genetic, acoustic and morphological characteristics of these blue whales shows that they are a distinct but unnamed subspecies,...

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Published in:PLOS ONE
Main Authors: Barbara Galletti Vernazzani, Jennifer A Jackson, Elsa Cabrera, Carole A Carlson, Robert L Brownell
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017
Subjects:
Medicine
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Science
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Chiloé
isla Grande
Balaenoptera musculus
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168646
https://doaj.org/article/48fa19e1fe604d7397d05b4283e4727c

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