Migratory round-trip of individually identified humpback whales at the Strait of Magellan: clues on transit times and phylopatry to destinations

• Main Authors: Capella, Juan J., Gibbons, Jorge, Florez González, Lilian, Llano, Martha, Valladares, Carlos, Sabaj Diez, Valeria, Vilina, Yerko A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SOC BIOLGIA CHILE 2008
• Subjects: MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA VARIATION; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Ballenas; Estrecho; Magallanes; Pacific; Antarc*; Humpback Whale
• Online Access: https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/128131

Humpback whales undertake seasonal migration between productive high-latitude areas where they feed in summer and low-latitude tropical waters where mating and calving occur during winter. In the eastern south Pacific, the species breeds off Colombia and Ecuador, and feeds primarily in the western A...