Name - Megaptera novaeangliae

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:13054 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski

• Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski 1781)

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Recent Publications

• Humpback whale feeding behavior and defecation observed on the Hawaiian breeding grounds.
• Using acoustic monitoring to reveal nearly year-round presence of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the waters of southern Iceland.
• Agent-based modelling of southward coastal migration by humpback whale mother-calf pods off eastern Australia.
• Overwintering humpback whales adapt foraging strategies to shallow water environments at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA.
• Acoustic richness and composition changes of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) songs on breeding grounds off the coast of Ecuador.

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