Feeding grounds of the eastern South Pacific humpback whale population include the South Orkney Islands
This paper reports on two photo-identified humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) that were sighted in different years in the proximity of the South Orkney Islands, at the boundary between the Scotia and Weddell seas (60 degrees 54.5'S-46 degrees 40.4'W and 60 degrees 42.6'S-45 degr...
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ftunivdundeepure:oai:discovery.dundee.ac.uk:publications/f4ed12b2-5acf-49be-b3c0-98512234f5fa 2023-05-15T13:46:23+02:00 Feeding grounds of the eastern South Pacific humpback whale population include the South Orkney Islands Dalla Rosa, Luciano Felix, Fernando Stevick, Peter T. Secchi, Eduardo R. Allen, Judith M. Chater, Kim Martin, Anthony R. Bassoi, Manuela 2012 http://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/portal/en/research/feeding-grounds-of-the-eastern-south-pacific-humpback-whale-population-include-the-south-orkney-islands(f4ed12b2-5acf-49be-b3c0-98512234f5fa).html https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v31i0.17324 http://hdl.handle.net/10588/f4ed12b2-5acf-49be-b3c0-98512234f5fa eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Dalla Rosa , L , Felix , F , Stevick , P T , Secchi , E R , Allen , J M , Chater , K , Martin , A R & Bassoi , M 2012 , ' Feeding grounds of the eastern South Pacific humpback whale population include the South Orkney Islands ' Polar Research , vol 31 , 17324 , pp. - . DOI:10.3402/polar.v31i0.17324 article 2012 ftunivdundeepure https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v31i0.17324 2017-09-28T19:32:43Z This paper reports on two photo-identified humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) that were sighted in different years in the proximity of the South Orkney Islands, at the boundary between the Scotia and Weddell seas (60 degrees 54.5'S-46 degrees 40.4'W and 60 degrees 42.6'S-45 degrees 33'W). One of the whales had been previously sighted off Ecuador, a breeding ground for the eastern South Pacific population. The other whale was subsequently resighted in Bransfield Strait, off the western Antarctic Peninsula, a well-documented feeding ground for the same population. These matches give support to a hypothesis that the area south of the South Orkney Islands is occupied by whales from the eastern South Pacific breeding stock. Consequently, we propose 40 degrees W as a new longitudinal boundary between the feeding grounds associated with the eastern South Pacific and western South Atlantic breeding stocks. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Bransfield Strait Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Polar Research South Orkney Islands Discovery - University of Dundee Online Publications Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Bransfield Strait Pacific South Orkney Islands ENVELOPE(-45.500,-45.500,-60.583,-60.583) Weddell Polar Research 31 1 17324 |
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This paper reports on two photo-identified humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) that were sighted in different years in the proximity of the South Orkney Islands, at the boundary between the Scotia and Weddell seas (60 degrees 54.5'S-46 degrees 40.4'W and 60 degrees 42.6'S-45 degrees 33'W). One of the whales had been previously sighted off Ecuador, a breeding ground for the eastern South Pacific population. The other whale was subsequently resighted in Bransfield Strait, off the western Antarctic Peninsula, a well-documented feeding ground for the same population. These matches give support to a hypothesis that the area south of the South Orkney Islands is occupied by whales from the eastern South Pacific breeding stock. Consequently, we propose 40 degrees W as a new longitudinal boundary between the feeding grounds associated with the eastern South Pacific and western South Atlantic breeding stocks. |
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Dalla Rosa, Luciano Felix, Fernando Stevick, Peter T. Secchi, Eduardo R. Allen, Judith M. Chater, Kim Martin, Anthony R. Bassoi, Manuela Feeding grounds of the eastern South Pacific humpback whale population include the South Orkney Islands |
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Dalla Rosa, Luciano Felix, Fernando Stevick, Peter T. Secchi, Eduardo R. Allen, Judith M. Chater, Kim Martin, Anthony R. Bassoi, Manuela |
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Feeding grounds of the eastern South Pacific humpback whale population include the South Orkney Islands |
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Feeding grounds of the eastern South Pacific humpback whale population include the South Orkney Islands |
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Feeding grounds of the eastern South Pacific humpback whale population include the South Orkney Islands |
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Feeding grounds of the eastern South Pacific humpback whale population include the South Orkney Islands |
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Feeding grounds of the eastern South Pacific humpback whale population include the South Orkney Islands |
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feeding grounds of the eastern south pacific humpback whale population include the south orkney islands |
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http://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/portal/en/research/feeding-grounds-of-the-eastern-south-pacific-humpback-whale-population-include-the-south-orkney-islands(f4ed12b2-5acf-49be-b3c0-98512234f5fa).html https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v31i0.17324 http://hdl.handle.net/10588/f4ed12b2-5acf-49be-b3c0-98512234f5fa |
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Dalla Rosa , L , Felix , F , Stevick , P T , Secchi , E R , Allen , J M , Chater , K , Martin , A R & Bassoi , M 2012 , ' Feeding grounds of the eastern South Pacific humpback whale population include the South Orkney Islands ' Polar Research , vol 31 , 17324 , pp. - . DOI:10.3402/polar.v31i0.17324 |
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