Modelling the effects of environmental conditions on the acoustic occurrence and behaviour of Antarctic blue whales

• Fannie W. Shabangu ,

  * E-mail: fannie.shabangu@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Fisheries Management, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Foreshore, Cape Town, South Africa, Mammal Research Institute Whale Unit, University of Pretoria, Wynberg, South Africa

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• Dawit Yemane,

  Affiliation Fisheries Management, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Foreshore, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Kathleen M. Stafford,

  Affiliation Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

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• Paul Ensor,

  Affiliation Australian Marine Mammal Centre, Australian Antarctic Division, Hobart, TAS, Australia

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• Ken P. Findlay

  Affiliations Mammal Research Institute Whale Unit, University of Pretoria, Wynberg, South Africa, Centre for Sustainable Oceans Economy, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa

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