Estimates of Abundance and Trend of Chilean Blue Whales off Isla de Chiloé, Chile

• Main Authors: Barbara Galletti Vernazzani, Jennifer A Jackson, Elsa Cabrera, Carole A Carlson, Robert L Brownell Jr.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Chiloé; isla Grande; Balaenoptera musculus
• Online Access: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0168646; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0168646&type=printable

Since 1970, blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) have been seen feeding in the waters off southern Chile during the summer and autumn (December to May). Investigation of the genetic, acoustic and morphological characteristics of these blue whales shows that they are a distinct but unnamed subspecies,...