High suckling rates and acoustic crypsis of humpback whale neonates maximise potential for mother–calf energy transfer

• Published in: Functional Ecology
• Main Authors: Videsen, Simone K. A., Bejder, Lars, Johnson, Mark, Madsen, Peter T.
• Other Authors: European Commission, University of St Andrews. School of Biology, University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland, University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews. Sound Tags Group, University of St Andrews. Bioacoustics group, University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Bio-energetics; Humpback whale; Migration; Neonate; Nursing; Suckling; QH301 Biology; DAS; QH301; Murdoch; Humpback Whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/13227; https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12871; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12871/full#footer-support-info

This work was funded by a Sir Walter Murdoch Honorary Professorship along with Carlsberg and FNU funding to P.T.M. L.B. was funded by Murdoch University, and M.J. was funded by the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology, Scotland, and by a Marie Curie Career Integration Grant. Data for this pape...