(Table 1) Date, deployment location, tag longevity, and satellite data of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) from the Cook Islands

• Main Authors: Hauser, Nan, Zerbini, Alexandre N, Geyer, Ygor, Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, Clapham, Phil
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2010
• Subjects: ARGOS Location-only transmitter SPOT 5; BIO; Biology; Comment; Cook Islands; DATE/TIME; Duration; number of days; Event label; Humpback_06/07; Identification; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Number; Percentage; Sex; Antarc*; Antarctic; International Polar Year; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.810594; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810594

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) undertake extensive seasonal migrations from summer feeding areas in high latitudes to winter mating and calving grounds in tropical waters (Clapham and Mead 1999, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3504352). In the Southern Hemisphere, seven populations are recogni...