Interchanges and movements of humpback whales in Japanese waters: Okinawa, Ogasawara, Amami, and Hokkaido, using an automated matching system

• Nozomi Kobayashi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: n-kobayashi@okichura.jp

  Affiliations Okinawa Churashima Research Center, Okinawa Churashima Foundation (OCF), Motobu, Okinawa, Japan, Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Okinawa Churashima Foundation, Motobu, Okinawa, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7132-6601

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• Satomi Kondo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Everlasting Nature of Asia (ELNA), Ogasawara Marine Center, Chichi-jima, Ogasawara-mura, Tokyo, Japan

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• Koki Tsujii,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ogasawara Whale Watching Association, Chichi-jima, Ogasawara-mura, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2289-647X

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• Katsuki Oki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Amami Whale and Dolphin Association, Naze, Amami, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Masami Hida,

  Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cybermedia Center, Osaka University, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

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• Haruna Okabe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Okinawa Churashima Research Center, Okinawa Churashima Foundation (OCF), Motobu, Okinawa, Japan, Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Okinawa Churashima Foundation, Motobu, Okinawa, Japan

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• Takashi Yoshikawa,

  Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cybermedia Center, Osaka University, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

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• Ryuta Ogawa,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Everlasting Nature of Asia (ELNA), Ogasawara Marine Center, Chichi-jima, Ogasawara-mura, Tokyo, Japan

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• Chonho Lee,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cybermedia Center, Osaka University, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

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• Naoto Higashi,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Okinawa Churashima Foundation, Motobu, Okinawa, Japan

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• Ryosuke Okamoto,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ogasawara Whale Watching Association, Chichi-jima, Ogasawara-mura, Tokyo, Japan

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• Sachie Ozawa,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Okinawa Churashima Research Center, Okinawa Churashima Foundation (OCF), Motobu, Okinawa, Japan

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• Senzo Uchida,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Okinawa Churashima Research Center, Okinawa Churashima Foundation (OCF), Motobu, Okinawa, Japan

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• Yoko Mitani

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7420-0596

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