South Georgia blue whales five decades after the end of whaling
Blue whales Balaenoptera musculus at South Georgia were heavily exploited during 20th century industrial whaling, to the point of local near-extirpation. Although legal whaling for blue whales ceased in the 1960s, and there were indications of blue whale recovery across the wider Southern Ocean area...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Inter-Research
2020-11-01
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Series: | Endangered Species Research |
Online Access: | https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v43/p359-373/ |