Photo-identification of Humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in the Puerto Lopez part of Machalilla National Park in the Ecuadorian Coast - South America: 1996 - 2007
Between 1996 and 2007 a photo-identification study of Southeastern Pacific Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) was carried out off the coast of the Ecuadorian mainland (1°’S, 80°’W). During this 11 year period, 1,172 whales were identified. A total of 79 (6.74%) humpback whales were resighted b...
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ftunivwagenin:oai:library.wur.nl:wurpubs/411757 2024-02-04T10:02:03+01:00 Photo-identification of Humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in the Puerto Lopez part of Machalilla National Park in the Ecuadorian Coast - South America: 1996 - 2007 Castro, C. Forestell, P. Kaufman, G. Scheidat, M. Gibson, Q. Ferina, D. 2008 application/pdf https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/photo-identification-of-humpback-whales-megaptera-novaeangliae-in en eng International Whaling Commission https://edepot.wur.nl/184097 https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/photo-identification-of-humpback-whales-megaptera-novaeangliae-in info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Wageningen University & Research Life Science info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper Working paper info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2008 ftunivwagenin 2024-01-10T23:24:31Z Between 1996 and 2007 a photo-identification study of Southeastern Pacific Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) was carried out off the coast of the Ecuadorian mainland (1°’S, 80°’W). During this 11 year period, 1,172 whales were identified. A total of 79 (6.74%) humpback whales were resighted between years in Ecuador. The longest span between capture and recapture was 10 years. Eighty-two individually identified humpbacks whales (6.99%) were resighted within the same year. The maximum period between first and last recapture within a season was 98 days, while the minimum was one day Report Megaptera novaeangliae Wageningen UR (University & Research Centre): Digital Library Pacific Lopez ENVELOPE(-63.567,-63.567,-64.850,-64.850) |
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Life Science Castro, C. Forestell, P. Kaufman, G. Scheidat, M. Gibson, Q. Ferina, D. Photo-identification of Humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in the Puerto Lopez part of Machalilla National Park in the Ecuadorian Coast - South America: 1996 - 2007 |
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Between 1996 and 2007 a photo-identification study of Southeastern Pacific Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) was carried out off the coast of the Ecuadorian mainland (1°’S, 80°’W). During this 11 year period, 1,172 whales were identified. A total of 79 (6.74%) humpback whales were resighted between years in Ecuador. The longest span between capture and recapture was 10 years. Eighty-two individually identified humpbacks whales (6.99%) were resighted within the same year. The maximum period between first and last recapture within a season was 98 days, while the minimum was one day |
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Castro, C. Forestell, P. Kaufman, G. Scheidat, M. Gibson, Q. Ferina, D. |
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Castro, C. Forestell, P. Kaufman, G. Scheidat, M. Gibson, Q. Ferina, D. |
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Castro, C. |
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Photo-identification of Humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in the Puerto Lopez part of Machalilla National Park in the Ecuadorian Coast - South America: 1996 - 2007 |
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Photo-identification of Humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in the Puerto Lopez part of Machalilla National Park in the Ecuadorian Coast - South America: 1996 - 2007 |
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Photo-identification of Humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in the Puerto Lopez part of Machalilla National Park in the Ecuadorian Coast - South America: 1996 - 2007 |
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Photo-identification of Humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in the Puerto Lopez part of Machalilla National Park in the Ecuadorian Coast - South America: 1996 - 2007 |
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Photo-identification of Humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in the Puerto Lopez part of Machalilla National Park in the Ecuadorian Coast - South America: 1996 - 2007 |
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photo-identification of humpback whales, megaptera novaeangliae, in the puerto lopez part of machalilla national park in the ecuadorian coast - south america: 1996 - 2007 |
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International Whaling Commission |
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