| marine mammal strandings in the new caledonia region, southwest pacific. | four hundred twenty three marine mammals, in 72 stranding events, were recorded between 1877 and 2005 in new caledonia, the loyalty islands, and vanuatu in the southwest pacific. sixteen species were represented in this count, including: minke whale, balaenoptera acutorostrata (1 single stranding), sei whale, b. borealis (1 single stranding), blue whale, b. musculus (1 single stranding), humpback whale, megaptera novaeangliae (2 single strandings), giant sperm whale, physeter macrocephalus (18 s ... | 2006 | 16644500 |
| population structure of humpback whales in the western and central south pacific ocean as determined by vocal exchange among populations. | for cetaceans, population structure is traditionally determined by molecular genetics or photographically identified individuals. acoustic data, however, has provided information on movement and population structure with less effort and cost than traditional methods in an array of taxa. male humpback whales (megaptera novaeangliae) produce a continually evolving vocal sexual display, or song, that is similar among all males in a population. the rapid cultural transmission (the transfer of inform ... | 2015 | 25851618 |