Quantifying the energy stores of capital breeding humpback whales and income breeding sperm whales using historical whaling records

Cetacean energy stores are known to vary according to life history, reproductive status and time of year; however, the opportunity to quantify these relationships is rare. Using a unique set of historical whaling records from Western Australia (1952–1963), we investigated energy stores of large ceta...

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Main Authors: Lyn G. Irvine, Michele Thums, Christine E. Hanson, Clive R. McMahon, Mark A. Hindell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2017-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.160290