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Out of the mainstream: humpback whale calving site and associated fishes at an oceanic island off Brazil

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Financial support was provided by Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq, PROSPECMAR [381384/2014-4]; PELD – ILOC [403740/2012-6]). We thank the SECIRM-Brazilian Navy for logistical support.

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  1. Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil

    M. B. Lucena & M. C. Barbosa

  2. Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

    M. N. Sissini

  3. Museu de Zoologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

    I. Sazima

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Lucena, M.B., Barbosa, M.C., Sissini, M.N. et al. Out of the mainstream: humpback whale calving site and associated fishes at an oceanic island off Brazil. Mar Biodiv 46, 27–28 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-015-0357-1

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