Data from: Species identification and likely catch time period of whale bones from South Georgia

• Main Authors: Sremba, Angela L., Martin, Anthony R., Baker, C. Scott
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: mtDNA; species identification; historical DNA; whale bone; South Georgia; baleen whale; South Georgia Island; Balaenoptera physalus; baleen whales; Blue whale; Elephant Seal; Fin whale; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; Mirounga leonina; Sei Whale; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Right Whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.61149; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.c8k6q.1

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...