Domínguez-Sánchez, Carlos A.
Gendron, Diane
Álvarez-Martínez, Roberto C.
Acevedo-Whitehouse, Karina
Funding for this research was provided by:
Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías (558253)
Society for Marine Mammalogy (Grants in Aid of Research)
Instituto Politécnico Nacional (SIP20160496 and 2017014)
Rufford Foundation (Grant for Nature Conservation 2017)
Programa de Conservación de Especies en Riesgo, Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas
Article History
Received: 3 February 2025
Accepted: 7 November 2025
First Online: 24 December 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study complied with the recommendations and methods for approaching blue whales provided by Mexican legislation (NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010). All procedures were approved by the Bioethics Committee of the Universidad Autónoma de Queretaro (Mexico), and sampling was conducted under permits SGPA/DGVS/00255/16 and SGPA/DGVS/01832/17 issued by the Dirección General de Vida Silvestre to D. Gendron.