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- Title
Northernmost records of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) migrating from the Antarctic Peninsula to the Pacific coast of Nicaragua.
- Authors
De Weerdt, Joëlle; Ramos, Eric Angel; Cheeseman, Ted
- Abstract
GLO:KQE/01jul20:mms12677-fig-0001.jpg PHOTO (COLOR): Map of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) sightings in Nicaragua and Antarctica. (b) Number of humpback whale sightings per month in each year. gl At 0930 on 17 August 2015, a humpback whale mother/calf pair was sighted (Figure a-c) in Nicaragua, with a small calf, suggesting the area could be important for calf birthing and rearing. GLO:KQE/01jul20:mms12677-fig-0004.jpg PHOTO (COLOR): Ventral sides of the flukes of a Southern Hemisphere humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) photographically matched in Nicaragua and Antarctica.
- Subjects
NICARAGUA; HUMPBACK whale; MARINE mammals; RARE mammals; WHALE watching; AQUATIC mammals; HUMPBACK whale behavior; BIRD breeding
- Publication
Marine Mammal Science, 2020, Vol 36, Issue 3, p1015
- ISSN
0824-0469
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/mms.12677