Collecting baleen whale blow samples by drone: A minimally intrusive tool for conservation genetics - O'Mahony, Éadin N.; Sremba, Angela L.; Keen, Eric M.; Robinson, Nicole; Dundas, Archie; Steel, Debbie; Wray, Janie; Baker, C. Scott; Gaggiotti, Oscar E. (Molecular ecology resources, 2024)
Keywords: Anthropogenic factors; Aquatic mammals; Balaenoptera physalus; baleen whales; Biopsy; British Columbia; Cetacea; Climate change; Compounding effects; condensates; Conservation; Conservation genetics; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; drones; ecology; fauna; Genetic diversity; genetic variation; Genetics; genotyping; Haplotypes; Megafauna; Megaptera novaeangliae; microsatellite repeats; mitochondria; Mitochondrial DNA; Natural resources; Population genetics; respiratory blow; Sampling; Sampling methods; Sex; Threatened species; unoccupied aerial systems; vulnerable species; Whales; Whales & whaling; British Columbia; respiratory blow; unoccupied aerial systems; baleen whales; drones; conservation genetics