Site Fidelity of southern right (Eubalaena australis) and humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Algoa Bay, South Africa

• Main Author: Drost, Eduard F
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University 2016
• Subjects: Marine mammals > South Africa > Algoa Bay Southern right whale > South Africa > Algoa Bay Humpback whale > South Africa > Algoa Bay; Nares; Carnaby; baleen whales; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; Southern Right Whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/21735; http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:29742

Mysticetes, or baleen whales, make up one of two sub-orders of the Order Cetacea within the Class Mammalia (Drikamer et al, 2013). It contains three families, each characterized by baleen plates (Drikamer et al, 2013). These baleen plates consist of keratin that replaced the tooth structures for fee...