First account of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Texas waters, with a re-evaluation of historical records from the Gulf of Mexico

pp-137 The occurrence of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Gulf of Mexico is rare. Review of the available literature and historical records has yielded only six verifiable humpback whale accounts, all from the eastern portion of the Gulf. On 19 February 1992 a humpback whale was sight...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Weller DW, Schiro AJ, Cockcroft VG, Ding W
Other Authors: Marine Mammal Science
Format: Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 1996
Subjects:
ASW,Mexico Gulf
ASW,USA,Texas
geographical distribution
literature reviews
marine mammals
Megaptera novaeangliae
O 1050 Vertebrates,Urochordates and Cephalochordates
Q1 01372 Geographical distribution
Humpback Whale
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/22905
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Summary:pp-137 The occurrence of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Gulf of Mexico is rare. Review of the available literature and historical records has yielded only six verifiable humpback whale accounts, all from the eastern portion of the Gulf. On 19 February 1992 a humpback whale was sighted approximately 0.5 km north of the Houston Ship Channel, off Galveston, Texas. This represents the western-most sighting of a humpback whale in the Gulf of Mexico and the first such sightings in Texas waters http://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htm

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