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MORPHOMETRIC COMPARISON OF MINKE WHALES BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA FROM DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC
Author(s) -
Christensen Ivar,
Haug Tore,
Wiig ØYstein
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
marine mammal science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.723
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1748-7692
pISSN - 0824-0469
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1990.tb00362.x
Subject(s) - minke whale , balaenoptera , cetacea , fishery , geography , biology , principal component analysis , whale , zoology , statistics , mathematics
A bstract Multivariate statistical analyses of 18 morphometric characters were performed in order to evaluate potential heterogeneity between predefined minke whale stock unit areas in the North Atlantic (West Greenland, Central, and Northeastern stocks). Results from principal component analyses suggested that the data cannot be regarded as random samples drawn from one uniform distribution. The overlap between groups was too substantial, however, to allow a firm conclusion concerning the question of isolated breeding stocks versus a large common breeding pool.