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The first record of the southbound movements of satellite‐tagged pygmy blue whales (B. m. brevicauda) from Savu Sea (Indonesia) to the subantarctic waters

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Pygmy blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) are known to conduct annual migrations between the southern and western waters of Australia to the Banda Sea via the Savu Sea in Indonesia (Double et al., 2014;Möller et al., 2020).However, the journey back to Australian waters is rarely documented, often due to limited battery life of satellite tags deployed in Australian waters or inadequate funding to conduct satellite tracking studies originating in the Indonesian waters.The pygmy blue whale subspecies is one of the four known subspecies of blue whales (B.musculus); the other ones are the Northern blue whale (B.m. musculus), the Antarctic blue whale (B.m. intermedia), and the Northern

Source: Marine Mammal Science

DOI: 10.1111/mms.13167