Found: a missing breeding ground for endangered western North Pacific humpback whales in the Mariana Archipelago

Humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae that breed in the western North Pacific (WNP) are listed as endangered under the US Endangered Species Act. Previous research in the WNP concluded that the full extent of humpback whale breeding areas is unknown. Recovering this endangered population requires i...

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Main Authors: Hill, MC, Bradford, AL, Steel, D, Baker, CS, Ligon, AD, Ü, AC, Acebes, JMV, Filatova, OA, Hakala, S, Kobayashi, N, Morimoto, Y, Okabe, H, Okamoto, R, Rivers, J, Sato, T, Titova, OV, Uyeyama, RK, Oleson, EM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inter-Research 2020-01-01
Series:Endangered Species Research
Online Access:https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v41/p91-103/