Population abundance, trend, structure and distribution of the endangered Antarctic blue whale - Satellite Tag

Virginia Andrews-Goff; Elanor M. Bell; Brian S. Miller; Simon J. Wotherspoon; Mike Double

doi:10.15468/vwp266

Population abundance, trend, structure and distribution of the endangered Antarctic blue whale - Satellite Tag

Citation

Andrews-Goff V, Bell E M, Miller B S, Wotherspoon S J, Double M (2022). Population abundance, trend, structure and distribution of the endangered Antarctic blue whale - Satellite Tag. Version 1.3. Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/vwp266 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

One aim of the Antarctic blue whale voyage was to attempt to deploy satellite tags on Antarctic blue whales in order to describe their movement and behaviour. This was the first time satellite tags had ever been deployed on Antarctic blue whales. Antarctic blue whale movement has been described using static location information such as that derived from the retrieval of a discovery-tagged whales, photo identification or acoustic data. These techniques however are unable to provide a continuous record of actual movements instead inferring movement from two (or more) known locations at two (or more) separate points in time. Actual movements of the whale between these points in time are not known. As such, detailed information such as large scale migratory movement between breeding and feeding grounds or even fine scale movement within a feeding ground remain poorly understood.

Taxonomic Coverages

Balaenoptera musculus
common name: Blue Whale rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Southern Ocean, Antarctica.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Virginia Andrews-Goff
originator
position: Marine Mammal Research & Support Officer
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
7050
TAS
AU
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4609-7317

Elanor M. Bell
originator
position: PL- Marine Conservation & Management
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
7050
TAS
AU
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0849-6480

Brian S. Miller
originator
position: Marine Mammal Acoustician
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
7050
TAS
AU
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7615-3044

Simon J. Wotherspoon
originator
position: Ecological Statistician
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
7050
TAS
AU
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6947-4445

Mike Double
originator
position: Senior Marine Mammal Research Scientist
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
7050
TAS
AU

Virginia Andrews-Goff
metadata author
position: AADC Manager
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
7050
TAS
AU
email: Virginia.Andrews-Goff@aad.gov.au
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9902-3522

Dave Connell
custodian steward
position: Senior Data Management Coordinator
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
7050
TAS
AU
email: data@antarctica.gov.au
homepage: https://www.antarctica.gov.au/

Dave Connell
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Data Management Coordinator
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
7050
TAS
AU
email: data@antarctica.gov.au
homepage: https://www.antarctica.gov.au/