v8i1.211

ISSN: 1800-427X (print)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v8i1.211

Submitted date: 15 April 2015
Accepted date: 15 March 2016
Published date: 26 March 2016
Pp. 21–23.

27 years: the longest longevity and residency record for northern Indian Ocean blue whales

Asha de Vos
*E-mail: asha.devos@lincoln.oxon.org

The blue whale population using the waters around Sri Lanka is little studied and considered a subpopulation of pygmy blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus indica Blyth, 1859) that largely remain in the waters of the northern Indian Ocean with a portion remaining resident around Sri Lanka throughout the year. Blue whales are the most commonly observed baleen whales in Sri Lankan waters.

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