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

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 l...

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Main Authors: Ken P Findlay, S Mduduzi Seakamela, Michael A Meÿer, Stephen P Kirkman, Jaco Barendse, David E Cade, David Hurwitz, Amy S Kennedy, Pieter G H Kotze, Steven A McCue, Meredith Thornton, O Alejandra Vargas-Fonseca, Christopher G Wilke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5332018?pdf=render