期刊
BIOLOGY LETTERS
卷 18, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0547
关键词
humpback whales; Hawaii; Mexico; population definition; mixing; breeding grounds
资金
- National Geographic Society [WW-205C17]
- Oceanic Society
- Whale Tales Award
- National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
- Whale Trust
This study reports on the presence of two humpback whales attending both breeding grounds in Mexico and Hawaii during the same winter season, indicating a potential mixing of populations during these seasonal gatherings.
Humpback whales that assemble on winter breeding grounds in Mexico and Hawaii have been presumed to be, at least, seasonally isolated. Recently, these assemblies were declared Distinct Population Segments under the US Endangered Species Act. We report two humpback whales attending both breeding grounds in the same season-one moving from Hawaii to Mexico and the other from Mexico to Hawaii. The first was photo-identified in Maui, Hawaii on 23 February 2006 and again, after 53 days and 4545 km, on 17 April 2006 in the Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico. The second was photo-identified off Guerrero, Mexico on 16 February 2018 and again, 49 days and 5944 km later, on 6 April 2018 off Maui. The 2006 whale was identified in summer off Kodiak Island, Alaska; the 2018 whale off British Columbia. These Mexico-Hawaii identifications provide definitive evidence that whales in these two winter assemblies may mix during one winter season. This, combined with other lines of evidence on Mexico-Hawaii mixing, including interchange of individuals year to year, long-term similarity of everchanging songs, one earlier same-season travel record, and detection of humpback whales mid-ocean between these locations in winter, suggests reassessment of the 'distinctiveness' of these populations may be warranted.
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