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Humpback whale "super-groups" - A novel low-latitude feeding behaviour of Southern Hemisphere humpba...

Humpback whale "super-groups" - A novel low-latitude feeding behaviour of Southern Hemisphere humpba...

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Humpback whale "super-groups" - A novel low-latitude feeding behaviour of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Benguela Upwelling System

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Humpback whale "super-groups" - A novel low-latitude feeding behaviour of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Benguela Upwelling System

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United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PloS one, 2017-03, Vol.12 (3), p.e0172002-e0172002

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English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Southern Hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) generally undertake annual migrations from polar summer feeding grounds to winter calving and nursery grounds in subtropical and tropical coastal waters. Evidence for such migrations arises from seasonality of historic whaling catches by latitude, Discovery and natural mark returns, and r...

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Humpback whale "super-groups" - A novel low-latitude feeding behaviour of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Benguela Upwelling System

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1873345188

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1873345188

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ISSN

1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0172002

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