Presence and movement of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the Gold Coast, Australia
The Gold Coast bay in eastern Australia has been hypothesised to be an important habitat, primarily for humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs. Here we investigated relative distribution, and temporal patterns from 2,305 humpback whales between 2011 to 2017. The data were collecte...
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ftgriffithuniv:oai:research-repository.griffith.edu.au:10072/400905 2023-11-12T04:18:18+01:00 Presence and movement of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the Gold Coast, Australia Valani, R Meynecke, JO Olsen, MT 2020 http://hdl.handle.net/10072/400905 https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2020.1850177 English eng eng Informa UK Limited Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology Valani, R; Meynecke, JO; Olsen, MT, Presence and movement of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the Gold Coast, Australia, Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 2020, 53 (5-6), pp. 251-263 http://hdl.handle.net/10072/400905 1023-6244 doi:10.1080/10236244.2020.1850177 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology. Valani, R; Meynecke, JO; Olsen, MT, Presence and movement of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the Gold Coast, Australia, Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 2020, 53 (5-6), pp. 251-263. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. open access Biological oceanography Biological sciences Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology) Journal article 2020 ftgriffithuniv https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2020.1850177 2023-10-30T23:27:37Z The Gold Coast bay in eastern Australia has been hypothesised to be an important habitat, primarily for humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs. Here we investigated relative distribution, and temporal patterns from 2,305 humpback whales between 2011 to 2017. The data were collected from whale-watching vessels using citizen science. We analysed seasonal presence of mother-calf pairs, dive times, direction of movement and location to determine habitat use of the bay as aresting area. In average aquarter of all sighted whales were mother-calf pairs with peaks of sightings each October. The recorded average dive time of 3.20 minutes was short compared to that in migratory corridors. Mother-calf pairs were sighted more often closer to shore relative to other pods. We compared our results to recognised breeding and resting grounds and found similar results, indicating that the Gold Coast bay may serve as an important stop-over for humpback whale mother-calf pairs. Full Text Article in Journal/Newspaper Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Griffith University: Griffith Research Online Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 53 5-6 251 263 |
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The Gold Coast bay in eastern Australia has been hypothesised to be an important habitat, primarily for humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs. Here we investigated relative distribution, and temporal patterns from 2,305 humpback whales between 2011 to 2017. The data were collected from whale-watching vessels using citizen science. We analysed seasonal presence of mother-calf pairs, dive times, direction of movement and location to determine habitat use of the bay as aresting area. In average aquarter of all sighted whales were mother-calf pairs with peaks of sightings each October. The recorded average dive time of 3.20 minutes was short compared to that in migratory corridors. Mother-calf pairs were sighted more often closer to shore relative to other pods. We compared our results to recognised breeding and resting grounds and found similar results, indicating that the Gold Coast bay may serve as an important stop-over for humpback whale mother-calf pairs. Full Text |
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Presence and movement of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the Gold Coast, Australia |
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Presence and movement of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the Gold Coast, Australia |
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Presence and movement of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the Gold Coast, Australia |
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Presence and movement of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the Gold Coast, Australia |
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Presence and movement of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the Gold Coast, Australia |
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presence and movement of humpback whale (megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the gold coast, australia |
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology. Valani, R; Meynecke, JO; Olsen, MT, Presence and movement of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs in the Gold Coast, Australia, Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 2020, 53 (5-6), pp. 251-263. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. open access |
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