Informing spatial planning for pygmy blue whale management: fine scale analysis of movement (WEL)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

This project documents the results of a desk-top analysis of existing pygmy blue whale (PBW) satellite telemetry data (horizontal and vertical movement) at finer scales than previously undertaken. The objective was to provide key parameters on the movement behaviour of PBW within the North-west Marine Region (NWMR) to assist in understanding and modelling their potential responses to underwater noise in the region. Satellite tagged PBW (n=10) spent 19 ± 6 days in the region between Ningaloo and the northern extent of Australia’s EEZ on the northern migration (present 12 April – 12 July) and 23 and 10 days on the southern migration (present 23 September – 30 October)

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Title Informing spatial planning for pygmy blue whale management: fine scale analysis of movement (WEL)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/fae8d8b4-8dbb-4464-9cf4-928309e19a2c
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
reception@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 11/02/2022
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Informing spatial planning for pygmy blue whale management: fine scale analysis of movement (WEL)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/informing-spatial-planning-for-pygmy-blue-whale-management-fine-scale-analysis-of-movement-wel