Photo-ID catalog of humpback whales - Megaptera novaeangliae - from New Caledonia

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Garrigue, Claire, 2026, "Photo-ID catalog of humpback whales - Megaptera novaeangliae - from New Caledonia", https://doi.org/10.23708/RBFDAP, DataSuds, V1

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Description	This dataset includes flukes ID of all humpback whales identified in the waters of New Caledonia between 1991 and 2023, including lagoons, and oceanic waters. (2023-11-01)
Subject	Earth and Environmental Sciences
Keyword	humpback whales, Photo-ID, fluke, individual identification
Related Publication	Garrigue, C., S. Derville, C. Bonneville, T. Cheeseman, B. C.S., L. Millet, D. Paton, and D. Steel. 2020. Searching for humpback whales in a historical whaling hotspot of the Coral Sea, South Pacific. Endangered Species Research. doi: doi.org/10.3354/esr01038
Notes	The data collected between 1993 and 2014 was collected as part of the Opération Cétacés association and belongs to Claire Garrigue. The data collected between 2015 and 2023 was collected as part of a collaboration between IRD and Opération Cétacés. Les données collectées entrent 1993 et 2014 ont été collectées dans le cadre de l'association Opération Cétacés et appartiennent à Claire Garrigue. Les données collectées entre 2015 et 2023 ont été collectées dans le cadre d'une collaboration entre IRD et Opération Cétacés.
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	ID-NC_1991-1993.zip ZIP Archive - 42.2 MB Published Feb 23, 2026 0 Downloads MD5: fc8e3d6491e18fbb1afa5ec8ab6e8e04 Photo-ID of Humpback whale observed in New Caledonia from 1991 to 1993 data	Access File File Access Public Download Options ZIP Archive Download Metadata Data File Citation EndNote XML RIS BibTeX
	ID-NC_1994.zip ZIP Archive - 18.9 MB Published Feb 23, 2026 0 Downloads MD5: 30322280e0cf1c2f44e8168461ba5864 Photo-ID of Humpback whale observed in New Caledonia in 1994 data	Access File File Access Public Download Options ZIP Archive Download Metadata Data File Citation EndNote XML RIS BibTeX
	ID-NC_1995.zip ZIP Archive - 21.2 MB Published Feb 23, 2026 0 Downloads MD5: accc7810a7986e5d721c9aa5fa0703e4 Photo-ID of Humpback whale observed in New Caledonia in 1995 data	Access File File Access Public Download Options ZIP Archive Download Metadata Data File Citation EndNote XML RIS BibTeX
	ID-NC_1996.zip ZIP Archive - 47.1 MB Published Feb 23, 2026 0 Downloads MD5: a34ad2243690a0edd0bb607763942cb0 Photo-ID of Humpback whale observed in New Caledonia in 1996 data	Access File File Access Public Download Options ZIP Archive Download Metadata Data File Citation EndNote XML RIS BibTeX
	ID-NC_1997.zip ZIP Archive - 50.6 MB Published Feb 23, 2026 0 Downloads MD5: a6d7af16f2270b92cb71a89b05315a66 Photo-ID of Humpback whale observed in New Caledonia in 1997 data	Access File File Access Public Download Options ZIP Archive Download Metadata Data File Citation EndNote XML RIS BibTeX
	ID-NC_1998.zip ZIP Archive - 53.2 MB Published Feb 23, 2026 0 Downloads MD5: 77cf6f03d834be67ea89d2bc34c61bb6 Photo-ID of Humpback whale observed in New Caledonia in 1998 data	Access File File Access Public Download Options ZIP Archive Download Metadata Data File Citation EndNote XML RIS BibTeX
	ID-NC_1999.zip ZIP Archive - 67.5 MB Published Feb 23, 2026 0 Downloads MD5: 40eec3ab5d550c59e7c4beea501ad409 Photo-ID of Humpback whale observed in New Caledonia in 1999 data	Access File File Access Public Download Options ZIP Archive Download Metadata Data File Citation EndNote XML RIS BibTeX
	ID-NC_2000.zip ZIP Archive - 152.9 MB Published Feb 23, 2026 0 Downloads MD5: 91c6cbf4eb2fe829ece4c4b88c286360 Photo-ID of Humpback whale observed in New Caledonia in 2000 data	Access File File Access Public Download Options ZIP Archive Download Metadata Data File Citation EndNote XML RIS BibTeX
	ID-NC_2001.zip ZIP Archive - 374.6 MB Published Feb 23, 2026 0 Downloads MD5: 56ffcb2390a8f6908a307050a934eebe Photo-ID of Humpback whale observed in New Caledonia in 2001 data	Access File File Access Public Download Options ZIP Archive Download Metadata Data File Citation EndNote XML RIS BibTeX
	ID-NC_2002.zip ZIP Archive - 147.2 MB Published Feb 23, 2026 0 Downloads MD5: 651c5bdcead4c06ba768d6e62d365629 Photo-ID of Humpback whale observed in New Caledonia in 2002 data	Access File File Access Public Download Options ZIP Archive Download Metadata Data File Citation EndNote XML RIS BibTeX

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Persistent Identifier	doi:10.23708/RBFDAP
Publication Date	2026-02-23
Title	Photo-ID catalog of humpback whales - Megaptera novaeangliae - from New Caledonia
Author	Garrigue, Claire (IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement) - ORCID: 0000-00002-8117-3370
Point of Contact	Use email button above to contact. GARRIGUE, Claire (Opération Cétacés) DERVILLE, Solène (IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement)
Description	This dataset includes flukes ID of all humpback whales identified in the waters of New Caledonia between 1991 and 2023, including lagoons, and oceanic waters. (2023-11-01)
Subject	Earth and Environmental Sciences
Keyword	humpback whales, Photo-ID, fluke, individual identification
Scientific Theme	Zoology (NumeriSud) https://uri.ird.fr/so/kos/tnu/080
Related Publication	Garrigue, C., S. Derville, C. Bonneville, T. Cheeseman, B. C.S., L. Millet, D. Paton, and D. Steel. 2020. Searching for humpback whales in a historical whaling hotspot of the Coral Sea, South Pacific. Endangered Species Research. doi: doi.org/10.3354/esr01038 Eichenberger, F., Carroll, E. L., Steel, D. J., Bonneville, C. D., Garland, E. C., and Garland, E. C. (2025). Patterns of paternity : insights into mating competition and gene flow in a recovering population of humpback whales. Royal Society Open Sciencety Open Science 12. doi: doi.org/10.1098/rsos.241424 Chero, G, Pradel, R., Derville, S., Bonneville, C., Gimenez, O., Garrigue, C. 2020. Reproductive capacity of an endangered and recovering population of humpback whales in the Southern hemisphere. Marine Ecology Progress Series 643: 219-227. doi: doi.org/10.3354/meps13329 Constantine,R., Steel, D., Allen, J., Anderson, M., Andrews, O., Baker, C.S., Beeman, P., Burns, D., Charrassin, J.B., Childerhouse, S., Double, M. Ensor, P. Franklin, T., Franklin, W., Gales, N., Garrigue, C., Gibbs, N., Harrison, P. Hauser, N. Hutsel, A. Jenner, C., Jenner, M.N., Kaufman, G., Macie, A., Mattila, D. , Olavarría, C., Oosterman, A., Paton, D., Poole, M., Robbins, J., Schmitt, N., Stevick, P., Tagarino, A., Thompson, K., Ward, J. 2014. Remote Antarctic feeding ground important for east Australian humpback whales. Marine Biology, doi: DOI 10.1007/s00227-014-2401-2 Franklin W., Franklin T., Brooks, L., Gibbs N., Childerhouse S., Garrigue C., Constantine R., Brooks, L., Burns, D., Paton, D Poole M., Hauser N., Donoghue M., Russell K., Mattila D., Robbins J., Anderson, M., Olavarria, ., Jackson, J., Noad, M., Harrison, P., Baverstock, P., Leaper, R., Baker C.S. and Clapham P., 2014. Photo-identification confirms that humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) from eastern Australia migrate past New Zealand but indicates low levels of interchange with breeding grounds of Oceania. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 14 (1): 133-140. Madon, B., Garrigue, C., Pradel, R., Gimenez, O. 2013. Transience in the humpback whale population of New Caledonia and implications for abundance estimation. Marine Mammal Science, 29:669-678. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00610.x https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00610.x Constantine, R., Jackson, J.A., Steel, D., Baker, C.S., Brooks, L., Burns, D., Clapham, P., Hauser, N., Madon, B., Mattila, D., Oremus, M., Poole, M., Robbins, J., Thompson, K., Garrigue, C. 2012. Abundance of humpback whales in Oceania using photo-identification and microsatellite genotyping. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 53: 249-261 doi: doi : 10.3354//meps09613 Franklin W., Franklin T., Brooks, L., Gibbs N., Childerhouse S., Smith, F., Burns, D., Paton, D., Garrigue C., Constantine R., Poole M., Hauser N., Donoghue M., Russell K., Mattila D., Robbins J., Oosterman, A., Leaper, R., Harrison P., Baker C.S. and Clapham P., 2012. Antarctic waters (Area V) near the Balleny islands are a summer feeding area for some eastern Australian Breeding Stock E(i) Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 12 (3): 321-327. Garrigue, C., Franklin, T., Russell, K., Burns, D., Poole, M., Paton, D., Hauser, N., Oremus, M., Constantine, R., Childerhouse, S., Mattila, D., Gibbs, N., Franklin, W., Robbins, J., Clapham, P., Baker, C.S. 2011. First assessment of interchange of humpback whales between Oceania and the east coast of Australia. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, Special Issue 3 :269-274. Garrigue, C. Baker, C.S., Constantine, R., Poole, M., Hauser, N., Clapham, P., Donoghue, M., Russell, K., Paton, D., Mattila, D.K., Robbins, J. 2011. Movement of individuals humpback whales between the breeding grounds of Oceania, South Pacific 1999-2004. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. Special Issue 3 :275-281. Madon, B. et al. (2011) « A new method for estimating animal abundance with two sources of data in capture-recapture studies », Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Wiley. Disponible sur: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-210x.2011.00091.x. doi: 10.1111/j.2041-210x.2011.00091.x https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00091.x Mehta A.V., Allen J., Constantine R., Garrigue C., Gill P., Jann B., Jenner C., Marx M., Matkin C., Mattila D., Minton G., Mizroch S., Olavarria C., Robbins J., Russell K., Seton R., Steiger G. Víkingsson G., Wade P., Witteveen B.and Clapham P.J. 2007. Baleen whales as are not important as prey for killer whales (Orcinus orca) in high latitudes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 348:297-307. Garrigue, C. et al. (2004) « Organismal and “gametic” capture-recapture using microsatellite genotyping confirm low abundance and reproductive autonomy of humpback whales on the wintering grounds of New Caledonia », Marine Ecology Progress Series. Inter-Research Science Center. Disponible sur: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps274251. doi: 10.3354/meps274251 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps274251 Garrigue C., Greaves J. and Chambellant M. 2001. Characteristics of the New Caledonian humpback whale population. Memoirs of Queenland Museum, 47 (2): 539-546.
Notes	The data collected between 1993 and 2014 was collected as part of the Opération Cétacés association and belongs to Claire Garrigue. The data collected between 2015 and 2023 was collected as part of a collaboration between IRD and Opération Cétacés. Les données collectées entrent 1993 et 2014 ont été collectées dans le cadre de l'association Opération Cétacés et appartiennent à Claire Garrigue. Les données collectées entre 2015 et 2023 ont été collectées dans le cadre d'une collaboration entre IRD et Opération Cétacés.
Depositor	GARRIGUE, Claire
Deposit Date	2023-08-01
Time Period	Start Date: 1993-07-01 ; End Date: 2023-12-31
Data Type	Survey data

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Geographic Coverage	New Caledonia
Geographic Bounding Box	156.17065429687503 168.760986328125 -18.271086109608877 -24.647017162630352

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