471
Understanding the influence of climate anomalies and variation of food supply
on right whale reproductive success may be important for species conservation
strategies as they can support decisions about protective measures taken place both
in its breeding area off Brazil and in its feeding ground in the Southern Ocean
(Seyboth et al. 2016). Conservation and management actions must be determined to
ensure availability of krill species such as southern right whales that depend on it as
a food resource, in face of the krill fishing industry in the south Atlantic sector of the
Southern Ocean.
Critical data such as abundance estimates, population trends, movements and habitat use, generated from the systematic aerial surveys have been used for the formulation of conservation policies for the southern right whale. Although it is a major effort
of collecting, maintaining and analyzing data, these studies highlight the importance
of continuing the aerial surveys and the use of photo-identification research for the
conservation and recovery of southern right whales in southern Brazil, the second
most important breeding ground of the species in the western South Atlantic.
References
Australian Government (2009) Report of the National Southern right whale workshop. Hobart
Bannister JL (1990) Southern right whales of western Australia. Rep Inter Whal Comm 12(Special
Issue):279–288
Bannister J, Burnell S, Burton C, Kato H (1997) Rep Intern Whal Comm 47:441–444
Best PB (1988) Right whales Eubalaena australis at Tristan da Cunha – a clue to the ‘nonrecovery’ of depleted stocks? Biol Conserv 46:23–51
Best PB (1990) Trends in the inshore right whale population off South Africa, 1969–1987. Mar
Mamm Sci 6(2):93–108
Best PB (1991) The presence of Coronuline barnacles on a southern right whale Eubalaena australis. S Afr J Mar Sci 11:585–587
Best PB (2000) Coastal distribution, movements and site fidelity of right whales Eubalaena australis off South Africa, 1969–1998. S Afr J Sci 22:43–55
Best PB, Schell DM (1996) Stable isotopes in southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) baleen
as indicators of seasonal movements, feeding and growth. Mar Biol 124:483–494
Best PB, Payne R, Rowntree V, Palazzo JT Jr, Both MC (1993) Long-range movements of South
Atlantic right whales Eubalaena australis. Mar Mamm Sci 9(3):227–234
Best PB, Brandão A, Butterworth DS, (2001) Demographic parameters of southern right whales
off South Africa. J Cetacean Res Manage 2(Special Issue) 161–169
Burnell SR, Bryden MM (1997) Coastal residence periods and reproductive timing in southern
right whales, Eubalaena australis. J Zool (Lond) 241:613–621
Câmara IG, Palazzo Jr JT (1986) Novas informações sobre a presença de Eubalaena australis no
sul do Brasil. In: Actas de la Primera Reunion de Trabajo de Expertos en MamiferosAcuaticos
de America del Sur, Buenos Aires, pp 35–41
Caswell J, Fujiwara M, Brault S (1999) Declining survival probability threatens in the North
Atlantic right whale. Proc Nat Acad Sci (USA) 96(6):3308–3313
Cooke JG, Rowntree V, Payne R (2001) Estimates of demographic parameters for southern right
whales (Eubalaena australis) observed off Península Valdés, Argentina. J Cetacean Res Manag
(special issue) 2:125–132
Cooke JG, Rowntree V, Sironi M (2013) Southwest Atlantic right whales: interim updated population assessment from photo-id collected at Península Valdéz, Argentina. J Cetacean Res Manag
14(Suppl):188
16 Conservation Advances for the Southern Right Whales in Brazil
Understanding the influence of climate anomalies and variation of food supply
on right whale reproductive success may be important for species conservation
strategies as they can support decisions about protective measures taken place both
in its breeding area off Brazil and in its feeding ground in the Southern Ocean
(Seyboth et al. 2016). Conservation and management actions must be determined to
ensure availability of krill species such as southern right whales that depend on it as
a food resource, in face of the krill fishing industry in the south Atlantic sector of the
Southern Ocean.
Critical data such as abundance estimates, population trends, movements and habitat use, generated from the systematic aerial surveys have been used for the formulation of conservation policies for the southern right whale. Although it is a major effort
of collecting, maintaining and analyzing data, these studies highlight the importance
of continuing the aerial surveys and the use of photo-identification research for the
conservation and recovery of southern right whales in southern Brazil, the second
most important breeding ground of the species in the western South Atlantic.
References
Australian Government (2009) Report of the National Southern right whale workshop. Hobart
Bannister JL (1990) Southern right whales of western Australia. Rep Inter Whal Comm 12(Special
Issue):279–288
Bannister J, Burnell S, Burton C, Kato H (1997) Rep Intern Whal Comm 47:441–444
Best PB (1988) Right whales Eubalaena australis at Tristan da Cunha – a clue to the ‘nonrecovery’ of depleted stocks? Biol Conserv 46:23–51
Best PB (1990) Trends in the inshore right whale population off South Africa, 1969–1987. Mar
Mamm Sci 6(2):93–108
Best PB (1991) The presence of Coronuline barnacles on a southern right whale Eubalaena australis. S Afr J Mar Sci 11:585–587
Best PB (2000) Coastal distribution, movements and site fidelity of right whales Eubalaena australis off South Africa, 1969–1998. S Afr J Sci 22:43–55
Best PB, Schell DM (1996) Stable isotopes in southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) baleen
as indicators of seasonal movements, feeding and growth. Mar Biol 124:483–494
Best PB, Payne R, Rowntree V, Palazzo JT Jr, Both MC (1993) Long-range movements of South
Atlantic right whales Eubalaena australis. Mar Mamm Sci 9(3):227–234
Best PB, Brandão A, Butterworth DS, (2001) Demographic parameters of southern right whales
off South Africa. J Cetacean Res Manage 2(Special Issue) 161–169
Burnell SR, Bryden MM (1997) Coastal residence periods and reproductive timing in southern
right whales, Eubalaena australis. J Zool (Lond) 241:613–621
Câmara IG, Palazzo Jr JT (1986) Novas informações sobre a presença de Eubalaena australis no
sul do Brasil. In: Actas de la Primera Reunion de Trabajo de Expertos en MamiferosAcuaticos
de America del Sur, Buenos Aires, pp 35–41
Caswell J, Fujiwara M, Brault S (1999) Declining survival probability threatens in the North
Atlantic right whale. Proc Nat Acad Sci (USA) 96(6):3308–3313
Cooke JG, Rowntree V, Payne R (2001) Estimates of demographic parameters for southern right
whales (Eubalaena australis) observed off Península Valdés, Argentina. J Cetacean Res Manag
(special issue) 2:125–132
Cooke JG, Rowntree V, Sironi M (2013) Southwest Atlantic right whales: interim updated population assessment from photo-id collected at Península Valdéz, Argentina. J Cetacean Res Manag
14(Suppl):188
16 Conservation Advances for the Southern Right Whales in Brazil