A historical feeding ground for humpback whales in the eastern South Pacific revisited: The case of Northern Patagonia, Chile

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 858-867

  Hucke Gaete, R ^a,b   Haro, D ^b   Torres Florez, J P ^b   Montecinos, Y ^b   Viddi, F ^a,b   Bedrinana Romano L ^b   Nery, M F ^b   Ruiz, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Centro Ballena Azul   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chiloense Ecoregion; Corcovado gulf; Megaptera novaeangliae; Migration; Philopatry; Photo identification

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; FEEDING; FEEDING GROUND; HABITAT USE; MIGRATION; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESEARCH; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUMMER; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WHALE; WHALING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PATAGONIA;

CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; MYSTICETI;

EID: 84888863321     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2343     Document Type: Article

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