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High pregnancy rates in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) around the Western Antarctic Peninsula, evidence of a rapidly growing population

Antarctic humpback whales are recovering from near extirpation from commercial whaling. To understand the dynamics of this recovery and establish a baseline to monitor impacts of a rapidly changing environment, we investigated sex ratios and pregnancy rates of females within the Western Antarctic Pe...

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Autores principales: Pallin, Logan J., Baker, C. Scott, Steel, Debbie, Kellar, Nicholas M., Robbins, Jooke, Johnston, David W., Nowacek, Doug P., Read, Andrew J., Friedlaender, Ari S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5990787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29892441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180017