Fine-Scale Population Structure of Blue Whale Wintering Aggregations in the Gulf of California
Population differentiation in environments without well-defined geographical barriers represents a challenge for wildlife management. Based on a comprehensive database of individual sighting records (1988–2009) of blue whales from the winter/calving Gulf of California, we assessed the fine-scale gen...
Published in: | PLoS ONE |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3591444 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23505485 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058315 |