Estrutura populacional e história demográfica das populações de baleias jubarte (Megaptera novaeangliae) da América do Sul

• Main Author: Souza, Ana Lúcia Cypriano de
• Other Authors: Bonatto, Sandro Luis
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul 2013
• Subjects: ZOOLOGIA; MAMÍFEROS AQUÁTICOS; CETÁCEOS; BALEIAS - BRASIL; GENÉTICA ANIMAL; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Larga; Pacific; Antarc*; Antártica; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10923/5664

Commercial whaling mainly during the 20th century reduced most populations of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Seven breeding stocks (A-G) are recognized by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in the Southern Hemisphere. Humpback whales from Breeding stock A (BSA) are distributed alon...