Resightings of humpback whales in Hawaiian waters over spans of 10-32 years: Site fidelity, sex ratios, calving rates, female demographics, and the dynamics of social and behavioral roles of individuals

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 736-768

  Herman, Louis M ^a,b   Pack, Adam A ^a,c   Rose, Kathryn ^a   Craig, Alison ^d   Herman, Elia Y K ^e   Hakala, Siri ^f   Milette, Aliza ^a  

^a Dolphin Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^d EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS   (United States)

^f SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding grounds; Calving rates; Feeding grounds; Humpback whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; Photographic identification; Sex biased distributions; Site fidelity; Social roles

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DATABASE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FEEDING GROUND; MALE BEHAVIOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEX RATIO; SITE FIDELITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WHALE;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS;

MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 80053633824     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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