A Pygmy Blue Whale (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in the Inshore Waters of New Caledonia
A Pygmy Blue Whale (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in the Inshore Waters of New Caledonia
dc.contributor.author | Borsa, Philippe | |
dc.contributor.author | Hoarau, Galice | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-10-06T05:44:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2008-10-06T05:44:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004-10 | |
dc.description.abstract | The occurrence of a blue whale is reported for the first time for the New Caledonian archipelago. The whale, a juvenile male in poor condition, entered the shallow inshore waters of the coral reef lagoon (220 19-24' S, 1660 46-52' E) where it spent at least 1 month until it was killed by whaler sharks on 27 January 2002. Live observations, examination of photographic documents, and skull osteology indicated that this was a pygmy blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda. Nucleotide sequences of PCR-amplified fragments of its mitochondrial DNA were determined and compared with the few published homologous sequences of North Atlantic blue whales, B. m. musculus, but no obvious differences were apparent. | |
dc.identifier.citation | Borsa P, Hoarau G. 2004. A pygmy blue whale (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in the inshore waters of New Caledonia. Pac Sci 58(4): 579-584. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0030-8870 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/2743 | |
dc.language.iso | en-US | |
dc.publisher | University of Hawai'i Press | |
dc.title | A Pygmy Blue Whale (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in the Inshore Waters of New Caledonia | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.type.dcmi | Text |
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