A new blue whale song-type described for the Arabian Sea and Western Indian Ocean

S Cerchio, A Willson, EC Leroy, C Muirhead… - Endangered Species …, 2020 - int-res.com
Blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Indian Ocean (IO) are currently thought to
represent 2 or 3 subspecies (B. m. intermedia, B. m. brevicauda, B. m. indica), and believed …

Feasibility of Using Small UAVs to Derive Morphometric Measurements of Australian Snubfin (Orcaella heinsohni) and Humpback (Sousa sahulensis) Dolphins

AI Christie, AP Colefax, D Cagnazzi - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Analysis of animal morphometrics can provide vital information regarding population
dynamics, structure, and body condition of cetaceans. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) …

Intraseasonal variation in southeast Pacific blue whale acoustic presence, zooplankton backscatter, and oceanographic variables on a feeding ground in Northern …

SJ Buchan, I Pérez-Santos, D Narváez, L Castro… - Progress in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Seasonal variation in the acoustic presence of blue whale calls has been widely reported for
feeding grounds worldwide, however variation over the submonthly scale (several days to< …

Body size data collected non-invasively from drone images indicate a morphologically distinct Chilean blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) taxon

MS Leslie, CM Perkins-Taylor, JW Durban… - Endangered Species …, 2020 - int-res.com
The blue whale Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) was the target of intense
commercial whaling in the 20 th century, and current populations remain drastically below …

Diel differences in blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) dive behavior increase nighttime risk of ship strikes in northern Chilean Patagonia

F Caruso, L Hickmott, JD Warren, P Segre… - Integrative …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The northern Chilean Patagonia region is a key feeding ground and a nursing
habitat in the southern hemisphere for blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus). From 2014 to …

The bioacoustics of blue whales—global diversity and behavioral variability in a foraging specialist

A Širović, EM Oleson - Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Mysticetes, 2022 - Springer
Blue whales are the largest animals ever to inhabit our planet. Worldwide they comprise at
least four subspecies, currently recognized to make up to 11 distinct populations which …

Spatial distribution and abundance of baleen and sperm whales in the Peruvian sea: a historical review

SC Casamayor, C Guidino… - Latin American Journal of …, 2022 - lajamjournal.org
Historical accounts of large whales in Peruvian waters existed before modern commercial
whaling. Research on baleen and sperm (Physeter macrocephalus) whales was intense …

Ocean‐Wide Conservation Genomics of Blue Whales Suggest New Northern Hemisphere Subspecies

M Wolf, MJ de Jong, A Janke - Molecular ecology, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The blue whale is an endangered and globally distributed species of baleen whale with
multiple described subspecies, including the morphologically and genetically distinct pygmy …

Seasonal occurrence of sympatric blue whale subspecies: The Chilean and southeast Indian Ocean pygmy blue whales with the Antarctic blue whale

G Truong, TL Rogers - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
There are multiple blue whale acoustic populations found across the Southern Hemisphere.
The different subspecies of blue whales feed in separate areas, but during their migration to …

Abundance and distribution patterns of cetaceans and their overlap with vessel traffic in the Humboldt Current Ecosystem, Chile

L Bedriñana-Romano, PM Zarate, R Hucke-Gaete… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Humboldt Current Ecosystem (HCE) is one of the most productive marine
ecosystems, sustaining one of the largest fishing industries in the world. Although several …