Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Habitat Selection in Female-Calf Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Pairs on the Hawaiian Breeding Grounds

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Cartwright, Rachel, Gillespie, Blake, LaBonte, Kristen, Mangold, Terence, Venema, Amy, Eden, Kevin, Sullivan, Matthew
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2012
• Subjects: Research Article; Boat Harbor; Pacific; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3362540; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22666432; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038004

The Au'au Channel between the islands of Maui and Lanai, Hawaii comprises critical breeding habitat for humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) of the Central North Pacific stock. However, like many regions where marine mega-fauna gather, these waters are also the focus of a flourishing local...