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Filtering by: Creator MacLeay, Jennifer Subject Cetacea populations -- Oceania

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the South Pacific breeding grounds : an allocation from feeding areas and an abundance estimate of whales specific to French Polynesia waters

Creator:

Gibb, Giselle Renee

Abstract:

South Pacific humpback whales were devastated by commercial whaling in their Antarctic feeding areas during the 20th century. Understanding migratory connections and current abundance of these isolated breeding stocks is crucial for the allocation of historical Antarctic catches in population dynamic models used to assess current recovery. However, only a...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

the heart of this lab, and it shows, your knowledge is exemplary. To Jennifer Jackson, thank you