Estimates of abundance and trend on a Blue Whale feeding ground off Isla de Chiloé, Chile

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Galletti Vernazzani, Barbara, Jackson, Jennifer A., Cabrera, Elsa, Carlson, Carole A., Brownell, Jr., Robert L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2017
• Subjects: Chiloé; isla Grande; Balaenoptera musculus; Blue whale
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513671/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513671/1/Jackson.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168646

Since 1970, blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) have been seen feeding in the waters off southern Chile during the summer and autumn (December to May). Investigation of the genetic, acoustic and morphological characteristics of these blue whales shows that they are a distinct but unnamed subspecies,...