Population structure of humpback whales in the western and central South Pacific Ocean as determined by vocal exchange among populations

• Published in: Conservation Biology
• Main Authors: Garland, Ellen C., Goldizen, Anne W., Lilley, Matthew S., Rekdahl, Melinda L., Garrigue, Claire, Constantine, Rochelle, Hauser, Nan Daeschle, Poole, M. Michael, Robbins, Jooke, Noad, Michael J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing 2015
• Subjects: Acoustic display; Humpback whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; Population structure; Song; South Pacific; Vocal; Whale culture; 1105 Ecology; Evolution; Behavior and Systematics; 2303 Ecology; 2309 Nature and Landscape Conservation; Pacific; Tonga; Humpback Whale
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:356568

For cetaceans, population structure is traditionally determined by molecular genetics or photographically identified individuals. Acoustic data, however, has provided information on movement and population structure with less effort and cost than traditional methods in an array of taxa. Male humpbac...