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A pygmy blue whale (Cetacea : Balaenopteridae) in the inshore waters of New Caledonia
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 (22°19-24' S, 166° 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
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https://hal.ird.fr/ird-00288419
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Submitted on : Monday, June 16, 2008 - 5:53:33 PM
Last modification on : Friday, February 23, 2018 - 6:10:02 AM
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Contributor : Francine Delmas <>
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Last modification on : Friday, February 23, 2018 - 6:10:02 AM
Long-term archiving on: : Friday, May 28, 2010 - 8:14:18 PM
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