Population structure of humpback whales from their breeding grounds in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
Although humpback whales are among the best-studied of the large whales, population boundaries in the Southern Hemisphere (SH) have remained largely untested. We assess population structure of SH humpback whales using 1,527 samples collected from whales at fourteen sampling sites within the Southwes...
Main Authors: | Howard C Rosenbaum, Cristina Pomilla, Martin Mendez, Matthew S Leslie, Peter B Best, Ken P Findlay, Gianna Minton, Peter J Ersts, Timothy Collins, Marcia H Engel, Sandro L Bonatto, Deon P G H Kotze, Mike Meÿer, Jaco Barendse, Meredith Thornton, Yvette Razafindrakoto, Solange Ngouessono, Michel Vely, Jeremy Kiszka |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-10-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2754530?pdf=render |
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