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dc.contributor.authorTorres, Leigh
dc.contributor.authorRayment, Will
dc.contributor.authorOlavarria, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorThompson, David
dc.contributor.authorGraham, Brittany
dc.contributor.authorBaker, C. Scott
dc.contributor.authorPatenaude, Nathalie
dc.contributor.authorBury, Sarah Jane
dc.contributor.authorBoren, Laura
dc.contributor.authorParker, Graham
dc.contributor.authorCarroll, Emma Louise
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-23T00:33:07Z
dc.date.available2017-03-23T00:33:07Z
dc.date.issued2017-01
dc.identifier.citationTorres , L , Rayment , W , Olavarria , C , Thompson , D , Graham , B , Baker , C S , Patenaude , N , Bury , S J , Boren , L , Parker , G & Carroll , E L 2017 , ' Demography and ecology of southern right whales Eubalaena australis wintering at sub-Antarctic Campbell Island, New Zealand ' , Polar Biology , vol. 40 , no. 1 , pp. 95-106 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-016-1926-xen
dc.identifier.issn0722-4060
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 241580688
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 4ad9dd97-515c-4c24-b179-0895e4f03d50
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84961785423
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000391401900008
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/10509
dc.description.abstractSince the decimation of the southern right whale Eubalaena australis population in New Zealand by whaling, research on its recovery has focused on the wintering ground at the Auckland Islands, neglecting potentially important wintering habitat at Campbell Island. For the first time in 20 years we conducted an expedition to sub-Antarctic Campbell Island to document and describe E. australis occupying this wintering habitat. We used a variety of methods including photo-identification, genetic and stable isotope analyses of tissue samples, and visual surveys of abundance and distribution, to provide details on the demography, population connectivity and ecology of E. australis wintering at Campbell Island. Our primary findings include (1) a lack of calves observed at Campbell Island, (2) an age-class bias toward sub-adults encountered at Campbell Island, (3) nine photo-identification matches between individuals observed at Campbell Island and previously documented elsewhere in New Zealand, (4) no genetic differentiation between E. australis at Campbell Island and the broader New Zealand population, (5) increased abundance estimates of E. australis at Campbell Island over the last 20 years, and (6) indications that E. australis forage within the sub-Antarctic region based on stable isotope analyses. Our results confirm that the Auckland Islands are currently the only significant calving area for E. australis in New Zealand, and therefore previous abundance estimates based on demographic data from the Auckland Islands are applicable to the entire New Zealand population of E. australis. However, future periodic surveys to Campbell Island are recommended to monitor population recovery and expansion.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofPolar Biologyen
dc.rights© 2016, Publisher / the Author(s). This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at link.springer.com / https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-016-1926-xen
dc.subjectAge-classen
dc.subjectGenetic analysisen
dc.subjectPopulation connectivityen
dc.subjectStable isotopeen
dc.subjectSub-Antarcticen
dc.subjectWintering grounden
dc.subjectParentage analysisen
dc.subjectGE Environmental Sciencesen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectQL Zoologyen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccGEen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.subject.lccQLen
dc.titleDemography and ecology of southern right whales Eubalaena australis wintering at sub-Antarctic Campbell Island, New Zealanden
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Biologyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Uniten
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-016-1926-x
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2017-03-22


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