A new blue whale song-type described for the Arabian Sea and Western Indian Ocean

Blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Indian Ocean (IO) are currently thought to represent 2 or 3 subspecies (B. m. intermedia, B. m. brevicauda, B. m. indica), and believed to be structured into 4 populations, each with a diagnostic song-type. Here we describe a previously unreported song-type t...

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Main Authors: Cerchio, S, Willson, A, Leroy, EC, Muirhead, C, Al Harthi, S, Baldwin, R, Cholewiak, D, Collins, T, Minton, G, Rasoloarijao, T, Rogers, TL, Sarrouf Willson, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inter-Research 2020-12-01
Series:Endangered Species Research
Online Access:https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v43/p495-515/