2001

Stock structure and composition of the North Atlantic humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae

Palsboll, P.J., J. Allen, T.H. Andersen, M. Berube, P.J. Clapham, T.P. Federsen, N. Friday, P.S. Hammond, H. Jorgensen, S. Katona, A.H. Larsen, F. Larsen, J. Lien, D.K. Mattila, F.B. Nygaard, J. Robbins, R. Sears, J. Sigurjonsson, T. Smith, R. Sponer, P. Stevick, N. Oien and G. Vikingsson. 2001. Stock structure and composition of the North Atlantic humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae. Rep....

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Observation of a male-biased sex ratio in the Gulf of St. Lawrence fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus): Temporal, geographical, or group structure segregation?

Abstract: Knowledge about the migration, behavior, and structural organization of fin whales is limited. Although fin whales (Balaenoptera physalgs) are characterized as a migratory species, they do not seem to have a single breeding ground as found with the North Atlantic humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) (Mattila et al. 1989). On the contrary, fin whales in the North Atlantic are believed...

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