Balaenopteridae

Other Names for Balaenopteridae

• Rorquals

References

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Baker, C. S., A. Perry, J. L. Bannister, M. T. Weinrich, R. B. Abernethy, J. Calambokidis, J. Lien, R. H. Lambertsen, J. U. Ramirez, O. Vasquez, P. J. Clapham, A. Alling, S. J. O'Brien, and S. R. Palumbi. 1993. Abundant mitochondrial DNA variation and world-wide population structure in humpback whales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 90:8239-8243.

Bakke, I., S. Johansen, O. Bakke, and M. R. ElGewely. 1996. Lack of population subdivision among the minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from Icelandic and Norwegian waters based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Marine Biology 125:1-9.

Berube, M. and A. Aguilar. 1998. A new hybrid between a blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus, and a fin whale, B-physalus: Frequency and implications of hybridization. Marine Mammal Science 14:82-98.

Berube, M., A. Aguilar, D. Dendanto, F. Larsen, G. N. Di Sciara, R. Sears, J. Sigurjonsson, R. J. Urban, and P. J. Palsboll. 1998. Population genetic structure of North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Sea of Cortez fin whales, Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus 1758): analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear loci. Molecular Ecology 7:585-599.

Clapham, P. J. 1996. The social and reproductive biology of Humpback Whales: An ecological perspective. Mammal Review 26:27-49.

Corkeron, P. J. and R. C. Connor. 1999. Why do baleen whales migrate? Marine Mammal Science 15:1228-1245.

McKenna, M. C. and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York.

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Payne, R.S. and S. McVay. 1971. Songs of humpback whales. Science 173:585-597.

Stafford, K. M., S. L. Nieukirk, and C. G. Fox. 1999. An acoustic link between blue whales in the eastern tropical Pacific and the northeast Pacific. Marine Mammal Science 15:1258-1268.

Yoshida, H. and H. Kato. 1999. Phylogenetic relationships of Bryde's whales in the western North Pacific and adjacent waters inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Marine Mammal Science 15:1269-1286.

Information on the Internet

• The Virtual Whale Project. 3D Animation and sound environment for the visualization of the feeding behaviours of Pacific Humpback Whales.
• Humpback Whales: Biology and Natural History. Hawaii's Marine Wildlife. Earthtrust, Kailua, Hawaii.