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Continued Increase in East Australian Humpback Whales in 2001 and 2002
Paterson et al (2004) conducted shore-based surveys during 2001 and 2002 using previous survey techniques and estimated that the stock size of east Australian humpback whales in 2002 was 4860 for a 10.5% increase or 4900 for a 10.8% increase.
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Paterson, R., Paterson, P. and Cato, D.H. 2004, Continued increase in east Australian humpback whales in 2001, 2002. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 49: 712.
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North Stradbroke Island, Queensland
Temporal Coverage
2001 - 2002
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