Photo-identification confirms that humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) from eastern Australia migrate past New Zealand but indicates low levels of interchange with breeding grounds of Oceania

• Main Authors: Franklin, W., Franklin, T., Gibbs, N., Childerhouse, S., /Garrigue, Claire, Constantine, R., Brooks, L., Burns, D., Paton, D., Poole, M., Hauser, N., Donoghue, M., Russel, K., Mattila, D.K., Robbins, J., Anderson, M., Olavarria, C., Jackson, J., Noad, M., Harrison, P., Baverstock, P., Leaper, R., Baker, S., Clapham, P.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctique*; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010066296

Recent photo-identification and genetic studies have identified at least five discrete breeding populations in Australia and Oceania: western Australia (D), eastern Australia (E (i)), New Caledonia (E (ii)), Tonga (E (iii)), French Polynesia and the Cook Islands (F). Also evident are low levels of i...