Population Structure of Humpback Whales from Their Breeding Grounds in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans

C. Rosenbaum, Howard; Pomilla, Cristina; Mendez, Martín; S. Leslie, Matthew; B. Best, Peter; Findlay, Ken; Minton, Gianna; J. Ersts, Peter; Collins, Tim; H. Engel, Márcia; L. Bonatto, Sandro; P. G. H. Kotze, Deon; Meÿer, Mike; Barendse, Jaco; Thornton, Meredith; Razafindrakoto, Yvette; Ngouessono, Solange; Vély, Michel; J. Kiszka, Jérémy

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007318

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Population Structure of Humpback Whales from Their Breeding Grounds in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans

Published in PLoS ONE • Oct 8, 2009

Authors:

Howard C. Rosenbaum

Cristina Pomilla

Martín Mendez

Abstract

Although humpback whales are among the best-studied of the large whales, population boundaries in the Southern Hemisphere (SH) have remained largely untested. We assess population structure of SH humpback whales using 1,527 samples collected from whales at fourteen sampling sites within the Southwes...

Subject

Whaling

Humpback whale

Population

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