Distribution and abundance of fin whales (<i>Balaenoptera physalus</i>) in the Northeast and Central Atlantic as inferred from the North Atlantic Sightings Surveys 1987-2001

Distribution and abundance of fin whales (<i>Balaenoptera physalus</i>) in the Northeast and Central Atlantic as inferred from the North Atlantic Sightings Surveys 1987-2001

North Atlantic Sightings Surveys (NASS) is a series of large scale international cetacean line transect surveys, conducted in 1987, 1989, 1995 and 2001, that covered a large part of the central and eastern North Atlantic. Target species were fin (Balaenoptera physalus), common minke (B. acutorostrat...

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Main Authors: Gísli A Víkingsson, Daniel G Pike, Geneviève Desportes, Nils Øien, Thorvaldur Gunnlaugsson, Dorete Bloch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2013-10-01
Series:NAMMCO Scientific Publications
Subjects:
distribution
abundance
fin whales
Balaenoptera physalus
North Atlantic
surveys
Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/NAMMCOSP/article/view/2705

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