Monitoring Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Behaviour in a Highly Urbanised Coastline: Gold Coast, Australia
The east coast of Australia experiences one of the world's largest annual humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) migration, with an estimated 14 000 individuals in 2010. However, increasing coastal development is accelerating the environmental pressure on migrating marine megafauna. Consequent...
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ftqueensland:oai:eprints.qut.edu.au:213515 2024-02-04T10:01:04+01:00 Monitoring Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Behaviour in a Highly Urbanised Coastline: Gold Coast, Australia Meynecke, Jan-Olaf Vindenes, Siljie Teixeira, Daniella Moksness, Erland Dahl, Einar Støttrup, Josianne 2013 https://eprints.qut.edu.au/213515/ unknown Wiley-Blackwell http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84889336202&partnerID=MN8TOARS doi:10.1002/9781118496480.ch8 Meynecke, Jan-Olaf, Vindenes, Siljie, & Teixeira, Daniella (2013) Monitoring Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Behaviour in a Highly Urbanised Coastline: Gold Coast, Australia. In Moksness, Erland, Dahl, Einar, & Støttrup, Josianne (Eds.) Global Challenges in Integrated Coastal Zone Management. Wiley-Blackwell, United Kingdom, pp. 101-113. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/213515/ 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd This work is covered by copyright. Unless the document is being made available under a Creative Commons Licence, you must assume that re-use is limited to personal use and that permission from the copyright owner must be obtained for all other uses. If the document is available under a Creative Commons License (or other specified license) then refer to the Licence for details of permitted re-use. It is a condition of access that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. If you believe that this work infringes copyright please provide details by email to qut.copyright@qut.edu.au Global Challenges in Integrated Coastal Zone Management Chapter in Book, Report or Conference volume 2013 ftqueensland https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118496480.ch8 2024-01-08T23:59:38Z The east coast of Australia experiences one of the world's largest annual humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) migration, with an estimated 14 000 individuals in 2010. However, increasing coastal development is accelerating the environmental pressure on migrating marine megafauna. Consequently, solutions to better manage humpback whale presence in urbanised waters are required. We have developed a novel survey method that can be applied to operating whale watch vessels, better integrating the tourism industry into research and ultimately coastal management in urbanised coastal waters. Preliminary results from the first season of observation (May–November 2010) in the Gold Coast bay showed a successful survey return of over 500 individuals that included 14 286 behavioural state observations. The data were analysed in terms of most commonly observed behaviours, movement, pod size and composition. The numbers of mothers with calves were highest in September and October and both resting and feeding behaviours were documented, indicating the importance of the bay for these individuals. Our pilot study demonstrated that the benefits of whale watch, boat-based data collection can outweigh its limitations when strategically deployed and carefully analysed. Book Part Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Queensland University of Technology: QUT ePrints 101 113 Oxford, UK |
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The east coast of Australia experiences one of the world's largest annual humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) migration, with an estimated 14 000 individuals in 2010. However, increasing coastal development is accelerating the environmental pressure on migrating marine megafauna. Consequently, solutions to better manage humpback whale presence in urbanised waters are required. We have developed a novel survey method that can be applied to operating whale watch vessels, better integrating the tourism industry into research and ultimately coastal management in urbanised coastal waters. Preliminary results from the first season of observation (May–November 2010) in the Gold Coast bay showed a successful survey return of over 500 individuals that included 14 286 behavioural state observations. The data were analysed in terms of most commonly observed behaviours, movement, pod size and composition. The numbers of mothers with calves were highest in September and October and both resting and feeding behaviours were documented, indicating the importance of the bay for these individuals. Our pilot study demonstrated that the benefits of whale watch, boat-based data collection can outweigh its limitations when strategically deployed and carefully analysed. |
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Meynecke, Jan-Olaf Vindenes, Siljie Teixeira, Daniella |
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Meynecke, Jan-Olaf Vindenes, Siljie Teixeira, Daniella Monitoring Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Behaviour in a Highly Urbanised Coastline: Gold Coast, Australia |
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Meynecke, Jan-Olaf Vindenes, Siljie Teixeira, Daniella |
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Monitoring Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Behaviour in a Highly Urbanised Coastline: Gold Coast, Australia |
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Monitoring Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Behaviour in a Highly Urbanised Coastline: Gold Coast, Australia |
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Monitoring Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Behaviour in a Highly Urbanised Coastline: Gold Coast, Australia |
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Monitoring Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Behaviour in a Highly Urbanised Coastline: Gold Coast, Australia |
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Monitoring Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Behaviour in a Highly Urbanised Coastline: Gold Coast, Australia |
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monitoring humpback whale (megaptera novaeangliae) behaviour in a highly urbanised coastline: gold coast, australia |
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Global Challenges in Integrated Coastal Zone Management |
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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84889336202&partnerID=MN8TOARS doi:10.1002/9781118496480.ch8 Meynecke, Jan-Olaf, Vindenes, Siljie, & Teixeira, Daniella (2013) Monitoring Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Behaviour in a Highly Urbanised Coastline: Gold Coast, Australia. In Moksness, Erland, Dahl, Einar, & Støttrup, Josianne (Eds.) Global Challenges in Integrated Coastal Zone Management. Wiley-Blackwell, United Kingdom, pp. 101-113. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/213515/ |
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2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd This work is covered by copyright. Unless the document is being made available under a Creative Commons Licence, you must assume that re-use is limited to personal use and that permission from the copyright owner must be obtained for all other uses. If the document is available under a Creative Commons License (or other specified license) then refer to the Licence for details of permitted re-use. It is a condition of access that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. If you believe that this work infringes copyright please provide details by email to qut.copyright@qut.edu.au |
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