Transit station or destination ? Attendance patterns , movements , and abundance estimate of 1 humpback whales off west South Africa from photographic and genotypic matching
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Transit station or destination? Attendance patterns, movements, and abundance estimate of 1 humpback whales off west South Africa from photographic and genotypic matching 2 J. Barendse, P.B. Best, M. Thornton, S.H. Elwen, H.C. Rosenbaum , I. Carvalho 3, , C. Pomilla , T.J.Q. 3 Collins , M. Meÿer, R. Leeney. 4 Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, c/o Iziko South African Museum, P.O. Box 61, Cape Town, 5 8000 South Africa. 6 Ocean Giants Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, 2300 Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY, 12 10460-1099, USA. 7 Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79 8 street, New York, NY 10024, USA. 9 Environment Society of Oman, P.O. Box. 3955, P.C. 112, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman. 10 Faculdade de Ciências do Mar e Ambiente – Universidade do Algarve, Campus Gambelas, 8000-139, 11
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