Fin whale movements in the Gulf of California, Mexico, from satellite telemetry.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: M Esther Jiménez López, Daniel M Palacios, Armando Jaramillo Legorreta, Jorge Urbán R, Bruce R Mate
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; San Jose; Balaenoptera physalus; Fin whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209324; https://doaj.org/article/72735d1e44bd4aa3b5f03d35743e3671

Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) have a global distribution, but the population inhabiting the Gulf of California (GoC) is thought to be geographically and genetically isolated. However, their distribution and movements are poorly known. The goal of this study was to describe fin whale movements f...