Migratory Movements of Pygmy Blue Whales (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) between Australia and Indonesia as Revealed by Satellite Telemetry

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Double, Michael C., Andrews-Goff, Virginia, Jenner, K. Curt S., Jenner, Micheline-Nicole, Laverick, Sarah M., Branch, Trevor A., Gales, Nicholas J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2014
• Subjects: Research Article; Austral; West Cape; Balaenoptera musculus; Blue whale
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981711; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24718589; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093578

In Australian waters during the austral summer, pygmy blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) occur predictably in two distinct feeding areas off western and southern Australia. As with other blue whale subspecies, outside the austral summer their distribution and movements are poorly underst...