Humpback whales
Subtitle: status in the Southern hemisphere
By: edited by Nick Gales ... [et al.].
Contributors: International Whaling Commission
Series: Journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue -- 3; Journal of cetacean research and management -- 3
Publisher: International Whaling Commission
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
Subjects: Humpback whale; Cetacea
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Editorial; title: Report of the workshop on the comprehensive assessment of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales; title: Humpback whale abundance south of 60°S from three complete circumpolar sets of surveys; title: A note on the age at sexual maturity of humpback whales; title: Abundance estimates and trends for humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Antarctic Areas IV and V based on JARPA sighting data; title: A description and summary of the Antarctic Humpback Whale Catalogue; title: The importance of a seasonal ice zone and krill density in the historical abundance of humpback whale catches in the Southern Ocean; title: Encounter rates and abundance of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Gerlache and Bransfield Straits, Antarctic Penisula; title: Migration and summer destination of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the western South Atlantic Ocean; title: Exploring the assumptions of multi-stock assessment models for humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Southern Hemisphere: using breeding stocks D and E as an example; title: A Bayesian assessment of the conservation status of humpback whales (Megaptera novaenangliae) in the western South Atlantic Ocean; title: Estimates of population growth rates of humpback whales (Megaptera novaenangliae) in the wintering grounds off the coast of Brazil (breeding stock A); title: Line transect estimates of humpback whale abundance and distribution on their wintering grounds in the coastal waters of Gabon; title: Distribution and abundance of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, off the coast of Mozambique, 2003; title: Density, group composition and encounter rates of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the eastern Comoros Archipelago (C2); title: Seasonal distribution, abundance, habitat use and population identity of humpback whales in Oman; title: Concerning demographic limitations on the population growth rate of West Australian (breeding stock D) humpback whales; title: Abundance estimates of Southern Hemisphere breeding stock 'D' humpback whales from aerial and land-based surveys off Shark Bay, Western Australia, 2008; title: Group IV humpback whales: their status from aerial and land-based surveys off Western Australia, 2005; title: Long-term trends in abundance of humpback whales in Hervey Bay, Australia; title: Absolute and relative abundance estimates of Australian east coast humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae); title: Abundance of East coast Australian humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in 2005 estimated using multipoint sampling and capture-recapture analysis; title: Population growth of Australian east coast humpback whales observed from Cape Byron, 1998 to 2004; title: First assessment of interchange of humpback whales between Oceania and the East coast of Australia; title: Movement of individual humpback whales between wintering grounds of Oceania (South Pacific), 1999 to 2004; title: Entanglement of humpback whales in artisanal fishing gear in Ecuador; title: The 2005 Galápagos humpback whale expedition: a first attempt to assess and characterise the population in the archipelago; title: Abundance and survival estimates of the southeastern Pacific humpback whale stock from 1991-2006 photo-identification surveys in Ecuador; title: A Bayesian approach to assess the status of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaengliae) with an application to breeding stock G