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Garrigue, Claire; Zerbini, Alexandre N; Geyer, Ygor; Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter; Hanaoka, Wakao; Clapham, Phil (2010): (Table 1) Date, deployment location, tag longevity, and satellite data of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) off New Caledonia [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810167, Supplement to: Garrigue, C et al. (2010): Movements of satellite-monitored humpback whales from New Caledonia. Journal of Mammalogy, 91(1), 109-115, https://doi.org/10.1644/09-MAMM-A-033R.1.

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Abstract:
Knowledge of the local and migratory movements of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) from New Caledonia is very limited. To investigate this topic, we attached satellite-monitored tags to 12 whales off southern New Caledonia. Tag longevity ranged from 1 to 52 days (X = 22.5 days). Tagged whales generally moved to the south or southeast, with several spending time in a previously unknown seamount habitat named Antigonia before resuming movement, generally toward Norfolk Island or New Zealand. However, 1 female with a calf traveled the entire length of the western coast of New Caledonia (~450 km) and then west in the direction of the Chesterfield Reefs, a 19th century American (''Yankee'') whaling ground. None of the New Caledonia whales traveled to or toward eastern Australia, which is broadly consistent with the low rate of interchange observed from photo-identification comparisons between these 2 areas. The connections between New Caledonia and New Zealand, together with the relatively low numbers of whales seen in these places generally, support the idea that whales from these 2 areas constitute a single population that remains small and unrecovered.
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -22.512092 * Median Longitude: 166.956392 * South-bound Latitude: -22.745000 * West-bound Longitude: 166.778300 * North-bound Latitude: -22.390000 * East-bound Longitude: 167.103300
Date/Time Start: 2007-08-20T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2007-09-11T00:00:00
Event(s):
Humpback_24638  * Latitude: -22.461700 * Longitude: 166.836700 * Date/Time: 2007-08-20T00:00:00 * Location: New Caledonia * Method/Device: Biology (BIO)
Humpback_24639  * Latitude: -22.396700 * Longitude: 166.778300 * Date/Time: 2007-09-01T00:00:00 * Location: New Caledonia * Method/Device: Biology (BIO)
Humpback_24641  * Latitude: -22.528300 * Longitude: 167.085000 * Date/Time: 2007-08-27T00:00:00 * Location: New Caledonia * Method/Device: Biology (BIO)
Comment:
DATE/TIME is the deployment date. Data extracted in the frame of a joint ICSTI/PANGAEA IPY effort, see http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.150150
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
Event labelEvent
Latitude of eventLatitude
Longitude of eventLongitude
IdentificationIDGarrigue, Clairetransmitter ID
DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
Duration, number of daysDurationdaysGarrigue, ClaireARGOS Location-only transmitter SPOT 5tag longevity
NumberNoGarrigue, ClaireARGOS Location-only transmitter SPOT 5of locations received
PercentagePerc%Garrigue, ClaireARGOS Location-only transmitter SPOT 5of locations of quality 1,2 or 3
SexSexGarrigue, Claire
10 CommentCommentGarrigue, Claire
Size:
63 data points

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Event

Latitude

Longitude

ID

Date/Time

Duration [days]

No

Perc [%]

Sex
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Comment
Humpback_24638 -22.4617166.8367246382007-08-20268350Fwith calf
Humpback_24639 -22.3967166.7783246392007-09-014411337M
Humpback_24641 -22.5283167.0850246412007-08-27138452M
Humpback_24642 -22.6650167.0950246422007-09-10195919F
Humpback_26712 -22.7450167.0867267122007-08-27228839M
Humpback_26715 -22.3900166.7900267152007-09-011933M
Humpback_27258 -22.4383166.9150272582007-09-0351613M
Humpback_27259 -22.4567166.9983272592007-09-105223735Fwith calf
Humpback_33000 -22.4300166.9017330002007-09-0372223M
Humpback_33001 -22.4950166.9450330012007-09-08143424M
Humpback_37229 -22.6567167.1033372292007-09-10237031F
Humpback_37230 -22.4817166.9417372302007-09-114410944Fwith calf