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NESP MB Project A13 - Estimation of population abundance and mixing of southern right whales in the Australian and New Zealand regions

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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This record provides an overview of the scope and research output of NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project A13 - "Estimation of population abundance and mixing of southern right whales in the Australian and New Zealand regions". For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata.

A comprehensive understanding of the population abundance and degree of spatial connectivity of southern right whales in Australian waters is currently lacking. This limits assessments of the species recovery and understanding of the nature and degree of difference between the south-eastern and south-western Australian populations. This project will provide, for the first time, an abundance estimate of the total Australian population of southern right whales. It will also investigate the connectedness of whales that utilise breeding areas on the eastern, southern and western coasts of Australia. Information provided by this project will allow the Australian government to better evaluate progress made against the Conservation Management Plan for southern right whales and ensure conservation efforts for the species are effectively coordinated at the regional level. Planned Outputs • Data summaries for populating models used to estimate abundance and connectivity • An estimate of population abundance at the national scale and associated uncertainty • An evaluation of movement and spatial mixing across southern Australia

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Title NESP MB Project A13 - Estimation of population abundance and mixing of southern right whales in the Australian and New Zealand regions
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/7b6bb7f8-944b-40cd-9660-48d16593dcd8
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
karen.evans@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/04/2018 - 30/03/2020
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "NESP MB Project A13 - Estimation of population abundance and mixing of southern right whales in the Australian and New Zealand regions". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/nesp-mb-project-a13-estimation-of-population-abundance-and-mixing-of-southern-right-whales-in-t