Satellite-monitored movements of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 313, Issue , 2006, Pages 295-304

  Zerbini, Alexandre N ^a   Andriolo, Artur ^b   Heide Jørgensen, Mads Peter ^c   Pizzorno, José Luis ^d   Maia, Ygor G ^d   VanBlaricom, Glenn R ^a   DeMaster, Douglas P ^e   Simões Lopes, Paulo César ^f   Moreira, Sérgio ^d   Bethlem, Cláudia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^d Projeto Monitoramento de Baleias Por Satélite ^*  (Brazil)

^e NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Feeding grounds; Megaptera novaeangliae; Migration; Satellite telemetry; South Atlantic Ocean; South Georgia; South Sandwich Islands; Wintering grounds

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WHALE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH GEORGIA; SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33745587041     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps313295     Document Type: Article

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