Mixed-stock analysis of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on Antarctic feeding grounds

• Main Authors: Schmitt, N.T., Double, M.C., Baker, S., Gales, N., Childerhouse, S., Polanowski, A.M., Steel, D., Albertson, R., Olavarria, C., Garrigue, Claire, Poole, M., Hauser, N., Constantine, R., Paton, D., Jenner, C.S., Jarman, S.N., Peakall, R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; New Zealand; Tonga; Antarc*; Antarctique*; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010066295

In understanding the impact of commercial whaling, it is important to estimate the mixing of low latitude breeding populations on Antarctic feeding grounds, particularly the endangered humpback whale populations of Oceania. This paper estimates the degree of genetic differentiation among the putativ...