Population abundance of recovering humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) and other baleen whales in the Scotia Arc, South Atlantic

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Baines, Mick, Kelly, Natalie, Reichelt, Maren, Lacey, Claire, Pinder, Simon, Fielding, Sophie, Murphy, Eugene, Trathan, Phil, Biuw, Martin, Lindstrøm, Ulf, Krafft, Bjørn A., Jackson, Jennifer A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; South Georgia; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; baleen whale; baleen whales; Euphausia superba; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530411/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530411/1/Scotia%20Arc%20whale%20abundance%20accepted.pdf; https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v676/p77-94/

Following the cessation of whaling, South Atlantic populations of humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) and some other baleen whale species are recovering, but there has been limited monitoring of their recovery in the Scotia Arc, a former whaling epicentre and a hotspot for Antarctic krill (Euphausia s...