Fine-scale population structure of blue whale wintering aggregations in the Gulf of California.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Paula Costa-Urrutia, Simona Sanvito, Nelva Victoria-Cota, Luis Enríquez-Paredes, Diane Gendron
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; San Jose; Blue whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058315; https://doaj.org/article/d20e13fe14dd4a21b52739faf12e3bcb

Population differentiation in environments without well-defined geographical barriers represents a challenge for wildlife management. Based on a comprehensive database of individual sighting records (1988-2009) of blue whales from the winter/calving Gulf of California, we assessed the fine-scale gen...