Data from: Species identification and likely catch time period of whale bones from South Georgia
Skeletal remains of baleen whales killed during the onset of 20th century commercial whaling lie scattered across the shores and abandoned whaling stations of the subantarctic island of South Georgia. Here we report on genetic species identification of whale bones collected from South Georgia using...
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ftdryad:oai:v1.datadryad.org:10255/dryad.61149 2023-05-15T15:36:38+02:00 Data from: Species identification and likely catch time period of whale bones from South Georgia Sremba, Angela L. Martin, Anthony R. Baker, C. Scott South Georgia island 2014-05-02T16:03:16Z http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.61149 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.c8k6q.1 unknown doi:10.5061/dryad.c8k6q.1/1.1 doi:10.1111/mms.12139 doi:10.5061/dryad.c8k6q.1 Sremba AL, Martin AR, Baker CS (2014) Species identification and likely catch time period of whale bones from South Georgia. Marine Mammal Science, online in advance of print. http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.61149 mtDNA species identification historical DNA whale bone South Georgia baleen whale Article 2014 ftdryad https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.c8k6q.1 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.c8k6q.1/1.1 https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12139 2020-01-01T15:07:04Z Skeletal remains of baleen whales killed during the onset of 20th century commercial whaling lie scattered across the shores and abandoned whaling stations of the subantarctic island of South Georgia. Here we report on genetic species identification of whale bones collected from South Georgia using standard historical DNA protocols. We amplified and sequenced short fragments of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region from 281 available bone samples. Of these, 231 provided mtDNA sequences of sufficient quality and length (174–194 bp) for species identification: 158 bones were identified as humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), 51 bones were identified as fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), 18 bones were identified as blue whale (B. musculus), two bones were identified as sei whale (B. borealis), one bone was identified as a southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), and one bone was identified as a southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina). The prominence of humpback, fin, and blue whale bones in the sample collection corresponds to the catch record of the early years of whaling on the island of South Georgia (pre-1915), prior to the depletion of these populations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Balaenoptera physalus baleen whale baleen whales Blue whale Elephant Seal Fin whale Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Mirounga leonina Sei Whale South Georgia Island Southern Elephant Seal Southern Right Whale Dryad Digital Repository (Duke University) South Georgia Island ENVELOPE(-36.750,-36.750,-54.250,-54.250) |
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mtDNA species identification historical DNA whale bone South Georgia baleen whale Sremba, Angela L. Martin, Anthony R. Baker, C. Scott Data from: Species identification and likely catch time period of whale bones from South Georgia |
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Skeletal remains of baleen whales killed during the onset of 20th century commercial whaling lie scattered across the shores and abandoned whaling stations of the subantarctic island of South Georgia. Here we report on genetic species identification of whale bones collected from South Georgia using standard historical DNA protocols. We amplified and sequenced short fragments of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region from 281 available bone samples. Of these, 231 provided mtDNA sequences of sufficient quality and length (174–194 bp) for species identification: 158 bones were identified as humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), 51 bones were identified as fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), 18 bones were identified as blue whale (B. musculus), two bones were identified as sei whale (B. borealis), one bone was identified as a southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), and one bone was identified as a southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina). The prominence of humpback, fin, and blue whale bones in the sample collection corresponds to the catch record of the early years of whaling on the island of South Georgia (pre-1915), prior to the depletion of these populations. |
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Sremba, Angela L. Martin, Anthony R. Baker, C. Scott |
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Data from: Species identification and likely catch time period of whale bones from South Georgia |
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Data from: Species identification and likely catch time period of whale bones from South Georgia |
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Data from: Species identification and likely catch time period of whale bones from South Georgia |
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Data from: Species identification and likely catch time period of whale bones from South Georgia |
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Data from: Species identification and likely catch time period of whale bones from South Georgia |
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data from: species identification and likely catch time period of whale bones from south georgia |
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Balaenoptera physalus baleen whale baleen whales Blue whale Elephant Seal Fin whale Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Mirounga leonina Sei Whale South Georgia Island Southern Elephant Seal Southern Right Whale |
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Balaenoptera physalus baleen whale baleen whales Blue whale Elephant Seal Fin whale Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Mirounga leonina Sei Whale South Georgia Island Southern Elephant Seal Southern Right Whale |
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doi:10.5061/dryad.c8k6q.1/1.1 doi:10.1111/mms.12139 doi:10.5061/dryad.c8k6q.1 Sremba AL, Martin AR, Baker CS (2014) Species identification and likely catch time period of whale bones from South Georgia. Marine Mammal Science, online in advance of print. http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.61149 |
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