Analysis of the site fidelity between male and female humpback whales, visiting the Esmeraldas coasts (Ecuador)

• Published in: ACI Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías
• Main Authors: Rojas, Karla, Denkinger, Judith, Arahana B., Venancio S., Dalgo, Denisse, Torres P., María de Lourdes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: USFQ PRESS, departamento editorial de la Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ 2014
• Subjects: Humpback whale; mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA); reproduction areas; site fidelity; Ballena jorobada; ADN mitocondrial (DNAmt); zonas de reproducción; fidelidad de sitio; Ballenas; Fidelidad; Jorobada; Tuvo; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: https://revistas.usfq.edu.ec/index.php/avances/article/view/156; https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.v6i1.156

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) migrate across the world’s oceans from feeding grounds in polar waters in high latitudes to breeding grounds in tropical waters. Although this species is predictable in its areas of occurrence, there are several poorly understood aspects of its migration patt...