Migratory movements of individual humpback whales photographed off the eastern coast of Australia

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Burns, Daniel, Brooks, Lyndon O, Harrison, Peter Lynton, Franklin, Trish, Franklin, Wally, Paton, David, Clapham, Phil
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: ePublications@SCU 2014
• Subjects: Humpback whale; megaptera novaeangliae; migration; travel direction; speed; photo-identification; Migaloo; Australia; Environmental Sciences; Austral; Byron Bay; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: https://epubs.scu.edu.au/esm_pubs/1907; https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12057

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) migrate long distances each year on a return journey from low-latitude breeding grounds to high-latitude feeding grounds. Migration is influenced by subtle and complex social behaviors and the assumption that whales transit directly through the migratory corr...