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Satellite derived offshore migratory movements of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) from Australian and New Zealand wintering grounds
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dc.contributor.author | Mackay, Alice I. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bailleul, Frédéric | |
dc.contributor.author | Carroll, Emma L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Andrews-Goff, Virginia | |
dc.contributor.author | Baker, C. Scott | |
dc.contributor.author | Bannister, John | |
dc.contributor.author | Boren, Laura | |
dc.contributor.author | Carlyon, Krisa | |
dc.contributor.author | Donnelly, David M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Double, Michael | |
dc.contributor.author | Goldsworthy, Simon D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Harcourt, Robert | |
dc.contributor.author | Holman, Dirk | |
dc.contributor.author | Lowther, Andrew | |
dc.contributor.author | Parra, Guido J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Childerhouse, Simon J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-12T11:30:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-05-12T11:30:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-05-07 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Mackay , A I , Bailleul , F , Carroll , E L , Andrews-Goff , V , Baker , C S , Bannister , J , Boren , L , Carlyon , K , Donnelly , D M , Double , M , Goldsworthy , S D , Harcourt , R , Holman , D , Lowther , A , Parra , G J & Childerhouse , S J 2020 , ' Satellite derived offshore migratory movements of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) from Australian and New Zealand wintering grounds ' , PLoS ONE , vol. 15 , no. 5 , e0231577 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231577 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 267901148 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 2793832b-d2ef-4056-99a7-74298b38089e | |
dc.identifier.other | RIS: urn:D4F9B3D24A9800EA2D4D66F4FD11D1D6 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 85084280472 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000537285700013 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/19921 | |
dc.description | Funding: Australian Marine Mammal Center Grant 13/48 AIM, SDG, DH, AL http://www.marinemammals.gov.au/ The Australian Marine Mammal Center was involved in study design and anlaysis through the involvement in the project by AMMC staff, Dr Mike Double and Dr Virgina Andrews-Goff Princess Melikoff Trust Marine Mammal Conservation Program KC New Zealand Department of Conservation SC. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) migrate between Austral-winter calving and socialising grounds to offshore mid- to high latitude Austral-summer feeding grounds. In Australasia, winter calving grounds used by southern right whales extend from Western Australia across southern Australia to the New Zealand sub-Antarctic Islands. During the Austral-summer these whales are thought to migrate away from coastal waters to feed, but the location of these feeding grounds is only inferred from historical whaling data. We present new information on the satellite derived offshore migratory movements of six southern right whales from Australasian wintering grounds. Two whales were tagged at the Auckland Islands, New Zealand, and the remaining four at Australian wintering grounds, one at Pirates Bay, Tasmania, and three at Head of Bight, South Australia. The six whales were tracked for an average of 78.5 days (range: 29 to 150) with average individual distance of 38 km per day (range: 20 to 61 km). The length of individually derived tracks ranged from 645–6,381 km. Three likely foraging grounds were identified: south-west Western Australia, the Subtropical Front, and Antarctic waters, with the Subtropical Front appearing to be a feeding ground for both New Zealand and Australian southern right whales. In contrast, the individual tagged in Tasmania, from a sub-population that is not showing evidence of post-whaling recovery, displayed a distinct movement pattern to much higher latitude waters, potentially reflecting a different foraging strategy. Variable population growth rates between wintering grounds in Australasia could reflect fidelity to different quality feeding grounds. Unlike some species of baleen whale populations that show movement along migratory corridors, the new satellite tracking data presented here indicate variability in the migratory pathways taken by southern right whales from Australia and New Zealand, as well as differences in potential Austral summer foraging grounds. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | PLoS ONE | en |
dc.rights | Copyright: © 2020 Mackay et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | en |
dc.subject | QH301 Biology | en |
dc.subject | DAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QH301 | en |
dc.title | Satellite derived offshore migratory movements of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) from Australian and New Zealand wintering grounds | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Biology | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231577 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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