A Pygmy Blue Whale (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in the Inshore Waters of New Caledonia
The occurrence of a blue whale is reported for the first time for the New Caledonian archipelago. The whale, a juvenile male in poor condition, entered the shallow inshore waters of the coral reef lagoon (220 19-24' S, 1660 46-52' E) where it spent at least 1 month until it was killed by w...
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ftunivhawaiimano:oai:scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu:10125/2743 2023-05-15T15:36:20+02:00 A Pygmy Blue Whale (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in the Inshore Waters of New Caledonia Borsa, Philippe Hoarau, Galice 2004-10 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10125/2743 en-US eng University of Hawai'i Press Borsa P, Hoarau G. 2004. A pygmy blue whale (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in the inshore waters of New Caledonia. Pac Sci 58(4): 579-584. 0030-8870 http://hdl.handle.net/10125/2743 Article Text 2004 ftunivhawaiimano 2022-07-17T13:31:09Z The occurrence of a blue whale is reported for the first time for the New Caledonian archipelago. The whale, a juvenile male in poor condition, entered the shallow inshore waters of the coral reef lagoon (220 19-24' S, 1660 46-52' E) where it spent at least 1 month until it was killed by whaler sharks on 27 January 2002. Live observations, examination of photographic documents, and skull osteology indicated that this was a pygmy blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda. Nucleotide sequences of PCR-amplified fragments of its mitochondrial DNA were determined and compared with the few published homologous sequences of North Atlantic blue whales, B. m. musculus, but no obvious differences were apparent. Article in Journal/Newspaper Balaenoptera musculus Blue whale North Atlantic ScholarSpace at University of Hawaii at Manoa |
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The occurrence of a blue whale is reported for the first time for the New Caledonian archipelago. The whale, a juvenile male in poor condition, entered the shallow inshore waters of the coral reef lagoon (220 19-24' S, 1660 46-52' E) where it spent at least 1 month until it was killed by whaler sharks on 27 January 2002. Live observations, examination of photographic documents, and skull osteology indicated that this was a pygmy blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda. Nucleotide sequences of PCR-amplified fragments of its mitochondrial DNA were determined and compared with the few published homologous sequences of North Atlantic blue whales, B. m. musculus, but no obvious differences were apparent. |
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Borsa, Philippe Hoarau, Galice A Pygmy Blue Whale (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in the Inshore Waters of New Caledonia |
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Borsa, Philippe Hoarau, Galice |
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Borsa, Philippe |
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A Pygmy Blue Whale (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in the Inshore Waters of New Caledonia |
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A Pygmy Blue Whale (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in the Inshore Waters of New Caledonia |
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A Pygmy Blue Whale (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in the Inshore Waters of New Caledonia |
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A Pygmy Blue Whale (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in the Inshore Waters of New Caledonia |
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A Pygmy Blue Whale (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in the Inshore Waters of New Caledonia |
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pygmy blue whale (cetacea: balaenopteridae) in the inshore waters of new caledonia |
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University of Hawai'i Press |
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2004 |
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Balaenoptera musculus Blue whale North Atlantic |
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Balaenoptera musculus Blue whale North Atlantic |
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Borsa P, Hoarau G. 2004. A pygmy blue whale (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in the inshore waters of New Caledonia. Pac Sci 58(4): 579-584. 0030-8870 http://hdl.handle.net/10125/2743 |
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