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author Garrigue, Claire
Zerbini, Alexandre N
Geyer, Ygor
Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter
Hanaoka, Wakao
Clapham, Phil
author_facet Garrigue, Claire
Zerbini, Alexandre N
Geyer, Ygor
Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter
Hanaoka, Wakao
Clapham, Phil
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Knowledge of the local and migratory movements of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) from New Caledonia is very limited. To investigate this topic, we attached satellite-monitored tags to 12 whales off southern New Caledonia. Tag longevity ranged from 1 to 52 days (X = 22.5 days). Tagged whales generally moved to the south or southeast, with several spending time in a previously unknown seamount habitat named Antigonia before resuming movement, generally toward Norfolk Island or New Zealand. However, 1 female with a calf traveled the entire length of the western coast of New Caledonia (~450 km) and then west in the direction of the Chesterfield Reefs, a 19th century American (''Yankee'') whaling ground. None of the New Caledonia whales traveled to or toward eastern Australia, which is broadly consistent with the low rate of interchange observed from photo-identification comparisons between these 2 areas. The connections between New Caledonia and New Zealand, together with the relatively low numbers of whales seen in these places generally, support the idea that whales from these 2 areas constitute a single population that remains small and unrecovered.
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spellingShingle (Table 1) Date, deployment location, tag longevity, and satellite data of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) off New Caledonia
Garrigue, Claire
Zerbini, Alexandre N
Geyer, Ygor
Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter
Hanaoka, Wakao
Clapham, Phil
ARGOS Location-only transmitter SPOT 5; BIO; Biology; Comment; DATE/TIME; Duration, number of days; Event label; Humpback_24638; Humpback_24639; Humpback_24641; Humpback_24642; Humpback_26712; Humpback_26715; Humpback_27258; Humpback_27259; Humpback_33000; Humpback_33001; Humpback_37229; Humpback_37230; Identification; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; New Caledonia; Number; Percentage; Sex
Knowledge of the local and migratory movements of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) from New Caledonia is very limited. To investigate this topic, we attached satellite-monitored tags to 12 whales off southern New Caledonia. Tag longevity ranged from 1 to 52 days (X = 22.5 days). Tagged whales generally moved to the south or southeast, with several spending time in a previously unknown seamount habitat named Antigonia before resuming movement, generally toward Norfolk Island or New Zealand. However, 1 female with a calf traveled the entire length of the western coast of New Caledonia (~450 km) and then west in the direction of the Chesterfield Reefs, a 19th century American (''Yankee'') whaling ground. None of the New Caledonia whales traveled to or toward eastern Australia, which is broadly consistent with the low rate of interchange observed from photo-identification comparisons between these 2 areas. The connections between New Caledonia and New Zealand, together with the relatively low numbers of whales seen in these places generally, support the idea that whales from these 2 areas constitute a single population that remains small and unrecovered.
title (Table 1) Date, deployment location, tag longevity, and satellite data of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) off New Caledonia
topic ARGOS Location-only transmitter SPOT 5; BIO; Biology; Comment; DATE/TIME; Duration, number of days; Event label; Humpback_24638; Humpback_24639; Humpback_24641; Humpback_24642; Humpback_26712; Humpback_26715; Humpback_27258; Humpback_27259; Humpback_33000; Humpback_33001; Humpback_37229; Humpback_37230; Identification; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; New Caledonia; Number; Percentage; Sex
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810167