Assessing plausible rates of population growth in humpback whales from life-history data

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Whale killers: Prevalence and ecological implications of killer whale predation on humpback whale calves off Western Australia (2015, background): “…the maximum population growth rate for killer whales is considerably lower than for humpbacks (3.5% vs. 11.8%, respectively; Matkin et al. 2014, Zerbini et al. 2010), and once killer whales resumed hunting humpbacks off WA, it would be many years, perhaps decades, before they recovered their…”
US Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico marine mammal stock assessments - 2015 (2016, background): “Zerbini et al. (2010) reviewed various estimates of maximum productivity rates for humpback whale populations, and, based on simulation studies, they proposed that 11.8% be considered as the maximum rate at which the species could grow.”