Mitochondrial DNA diversity of the Southwestern Atlantic humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breeding area off Brazil, and the potential connections to Antarctic feeding areas

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1253-1262

  Engel, Márcia H ^a,b   Fagundes, Nelson J R ^b   Rosenbaum, Howard C ^c,d   Leslie, Matthew S ^c,d   Ott, Paulo H ^e   Schmitt, Renata ^b   Secchi, Eduardo ^f,g   Dalla Rosa, Luciano ^f,h   Bonatto, Sandro Luis ^b  

^a INSTITUTO BALEIA JUBARTE   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^e Grupo de Estudos de Mamiferos Aquaticos do Rio Grande do Sul   (Brazil)

^f Projeto Baleias/Brazilian Antarctic Program   (Brazil)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abrolhos Bank; Antarctic Peninsula; Genetic diversity; Humpback whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; BREEDING SITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; MIGRATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; SATELLITE DATA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WHALE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 50249174598     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9453-5     Document Type: Article

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