Southern Hemisphere breeding stock 'D' humpback whale population estimates from North West Cape, Western Australia

• Main Authors: Salgado Kent, Chandra, Jenner, Curt, Jenner, Micheline, Bouchet, Philippe, Rexstad, Eric
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: West Cape; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/southern-hemisphere-breeding-stock-d-humpback-whale-population-estimates-from-north-west-cape-western-australia(006aab8a-72f5-4e34-861b-a372998f240a).html

Estimates of the abundance of breeding group ‘D’ humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are key to managing what is thought to be one of the largest populations of the species. Five years (2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, and 2008) of aerial surveys carried out over an eight-year period at North West Cape...