Abstract:
Photographs of fluke's ventral surface of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) were taken in Bransfield and Gerlache Strait, near Antarctic Peninsula, during four summers seasons (1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/97 and 1997/98). These photos permit identification of each individual with the objective of knowing local distribution and movements and long-distance movements between winter and summer grounds. Up to the present, we have identified approximately 150 humpbacks whales in this manner, knowing local movements within the same season of a few and without re-capture between summers seasons.
Quality
Nearly all whales photoids are in slides and some are negatives. To this date we are working in create and publish our catalogue with all of them
Access Constraints
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Use Constraints
All the scientific data are original and not published, for this reason they can not be utilized in any way.
