Local recruitment of humpback whales in Glacier Bay and Icy Strait, Alaska, over 30 years

We provide new information on the scale at which fidelity and recruitment underlie observed increases in humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae populations. We used photo-identification records and DNA profiles from whales in Glacier Bay and Icy Strait (GBIS), southeastern Alaska (SEAK) to investigat...

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Main Authors: Pierszalowski, SP, Gabriele, CM, Steel, DJ, Neilson, JL, Vanselow, PBS, Cedarleaf, JA, Straley, JM, Baker, CS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inter-Research 2016-10-01
Series:Endangered Species Research
Online Access:https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v31/p177-189/