First report of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) stranding in the Gulf of Venezuela
On February 04th, 2009, we recorded a male humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Gulf of Venezuela. This animal was found stranded alive by a few neighbouring fishers and died minutes later in Kazuzain village (11°36’08.5” N - 71°55’42.7”W), located in Venezuelan portion of the Güajira Peni...
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ftunilosandesojs:oai:ojs.erevistas.saber.ula.ve:article/17376 2023-07-30T04:04:02+02:00 First report of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) stranding in the Gulf of Venezuela Espinoza-Rodriguez, Ninive Barrios-Garrido, Hector Local short First report 2021-12-07 application/pdf http://erevistas.saber.ula.ve/index.php/ecotropicos/article/view/E0018 https://doi.org/10.53157/ecotropicos.33E0018 eng eng Sociedad Venezolana de Ecología http://erevistas.saber.ula.ve/index.php/ecotropicos/article/view/E0018/21921928787 http://erevistas.saber.ula.ve/index.php/ecotropicos/article/view/E0018 doi:10.53157/ecotropicos.33E0018 Copyright (c) 2021 Ninive Espinoza-Rodriguez, Hector Barrios-Garrido http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Ecotrópicos; Vol. 33 (2021); E0018 2521-9707 1012-1692 Biology Caribbean sea cetaceans indigenous communities marine mammals strandings Cetaceae info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2021 ftunilosandesojs https://doi.org/10.53157/ecotropicos.33E0018 2023-07-15T23:51:08Z On February 04th, 2009, we recorded a male humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Gulf of Venezuela. This animal was found stranded alive by a few neighbouring fishers and died minutes later in Kazuzain village (11°36’08.5” N - 71°55’42.7”W), located in Venezuelan portion of the Güajira Peninsula at Zulia state. The specimen was a sub-adult male, with total length of 10.5 m and width of 3.04 ± 0.27 m. This is the first record of this species in the Gulf of Venezuela.This study allows us contributing to insight of biology and ecology to marine mammals across Gulf of Venezuela, where details of large cetaceans remain somewhat opaque. Article in Journal/Newspaper Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela (ULA): e-Revistas |
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Biology Caribbean sea cetaceans indigenous communities marine mammals strandings Cetaceae Espinoza-Rodriguez, Ninive Barrios-Garrido, Hector First report of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) stranding in the Gulf of Venezuela |
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On February 04th, 2009, we recorded a male humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Gulf of Venezuela. This animal was found stranded alive by a few neighbouring fishers and died minutes later in Kazuzain village (11°36’08.5” N - 71°55’42.7”W), located in Venezuelan portion of the Güajira Peninsula at Zulia state. The specimen was a sub-adult male, with total length of 10.5 m and width of 3.04 ± 0.27 m. This is the first record of this species in the Gulf of Venezuela.This study allows us contributing to insight of biology and ecology to marine mammals across Gulf of Venezuela, where details of large cetaceans remain somewhat opaque. |
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Espinoza-Rodriguez, Ninive Barrios-Garrido, Hector |
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First report of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) stranding in the Gulf of Venezuela |
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First report of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) stranding in the Gulf of Venezuela |
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First report of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) stranding in the Gulf of Venezuela |
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First report of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) stranding in the Gulf of Venezuela |
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First report of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) stranding in the Gulf of Venezuela |
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first report of a humpback whale megaptera novaeangliae (borowski, 1781) (cetartiodactyla: balaenopteridae) stranding in the gulf of venezuela |
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Sociedad Venezolana de Ecología |
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2021 |
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http://erevistas.saber.ula.ve/index.php/ecotropicos/article/view/E0018 https://doi.org/10.53157/ecotropicos.33E0018 |
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Ecotrópicos; Vol. 33 (2021); E0018 2521-9707 1012-1692 |
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Copyright (c) 2021 Ninive Espinoza-Rodriguez, Hector Barrios-Garrido http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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https://doi.org/10.53157/ecotropicos.33E0018 |
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