Monitoring the recovery of the southern right whale in South African waters

Annual photographic surveys of right whale cow-calf pairs on the south coast of South Africa since 1979 have resulted in 2 270 resightings of 1 070 individual cows with calves. Observed calving intervals ranged from 2 to 23 years, with a principal mode at 3 years and secondary modes at 6 and 9 years...

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Main Authors: Anabela Brandao, Best, Peter Barrington, Doug Butterworth
Format: Report
Language:unknown
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.25375/uct.24545908.v1
https://figshare.com/articles/report/Monitoring_the_recovery_of_the_southern_right_whale_in_South_African_waters/24545908