Record of Feeding by Humpback Whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) in Tropical Waters off Brazil

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) occur in all major oceans of the world, where most populations typically migrate between high-latitude summer feeding areas and low-latitude wintering grounds (Mackintosh 1942, Clapham and Mead 1999). Historical and contemporary data indicate that a humpback...

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Main Authors: Pinto de sa Alves, Luiz Claudio, Andriolo, Artur, Zerbini, Alexandra, Altmayer Pizzorno, Jose Luis, Clapham, Phillip
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2009
Subjects:
Environmental Sciences
Mackintosh
Sandwich Islands
Scotia Sea
South Georgia
South Sandwich Islands
Williamson
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usdeptcommercepub/45
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/usdeptcommercepub/article/1018/viewcontent/Clapham_MMS_2009_Record_of_feeding_NOAA.pdf
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Summary:Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) occur in all major oceans of the world, where most populations typically migrate between high-latitude summer feeding areas and low-latitude wintering grounds (Mackintosh 1942, Clapham and Mead 1999). Historical and contemporary data indicate that a humpback whale population spends the winter breeding season (typically June–November; Martins et al. 2001) in waters over the continental shelf off the eastern coast of South America (5°– 21°S; Williamson 1975, Zerbini et al. 2004, Andriolo et al. 2006). This population migrates through oceanic waters to summer subantarctic feeding destinations near South Georgia (∼54°S, 36°W) and the South Sandwich Islands (∼58°S, 26°W) in the Scotia Sea (Zerbini et al. 2006).

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