Data on blue whales off California helps protect their distant relatives

(NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region) A research team has found a way to translate their knowledge of blue whales off California and in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean to the other side of the world, revealing those areas of the Northern Indian Ocean where whales are likely to be encountered. The team of scientists from NOAA Fisheries and the Sri Lankan Blue Whale Project published the findings in the journal Diversity and Distributions.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 8, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news