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| Garrigue, C; Derville, S; Bonneville, C; Baker, Cs; Cheeseman, T; Millet, Laurent; Paton, D; Steel, D. |
| Humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae were severely depleted by commercial whaling. Understanding key factors in their recovery is a crucial step for their conservation worldwide. In Oceania, the Chesterfield-Bellona archipelago was a primary whaling site in the 19th century, yet has been left almost unaffected by anthropogenic activities since. We present the results of the first multidisciplinary dedicated surveys in the archipelago assessing humpback whale populations 2 centuries post-whaling. We encountered 57 groups during 24 survey days (2016-2017), among which 35 whales were identified using photographs of natural markings (photo-ID), 38 using genotyping and 22 using both. Humpback whales were sparsely distributed (0.041 whales km-1): most... |
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Palavras-chave: Chesterfield-Bellona archipelago; Connectivity; Coral Sea; Habitat use; Humpback whale; Satellite tracking; Sex ratio; Whaling. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00632/74454/74267.pdf |
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