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Whales before whaling in the North Atlantic.

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 25 Jul 2003

Roman Joe, Palumbi Stephen R

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It is well known that hunting dramatically reduced all baleen whale populations, yet reliable estimates of former whale abundances are elusive. Based on coalescent models for mitochondrial DNA sequence variation, the genetic diversity of North Atlantic whales suggests population sizes of approximately 240,000 humpback, 360,000 fin, and 265,000 minke whales. Estimates for fin and humpback whales are far greater...

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PMID: 12881568
DOI: 10.1126/science.1084524

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