Cetacean strandings along the German North Sea coastline 1604–2017
Abstract The occurrence of 19 cetacean species along the German North Sea coastline as well as the lower reaches of the major rivers discharging into the German Bight is reviewed for the period 1604–2017 based on records of dead animals, either stranded dead or put to death. The harbour porpoise ( P...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0025315421000503 2024-03-03T08:42:58+00:00 Cetacean strandings along the German North Sea coastline 1604–2017 Christian Kinze, Carl Czeck, Richard Herr, Helena Siebert, Ursula 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315421000503 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315421000503 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom volume 101, issue 3, page 483-502 ISSN 0025-3154 1469-7769 Aquatic Science journal-article 2021 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315421000503 2024-02-08T08:35:43Z Abstract The occurrence of 19 cetacean species along the German North Sea coastline as well as the lower reaches of the major rivers discharging into the German Bight is reviewed for the period 1604–2017 based on records of dead animals, either stranded dead or put to death. The harbour porpoise ( Phocoena phocoena ) is considered the most abundant and only native species in German coastal and riverine waters. Based on written sources its presence can be traced back to at least 1651, although with statistical data only available from 1990. Finds of further 18 species have been documented: white-beaked dolphin ( Lagenorhynchus albirostris ), bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus ), Atlantic white-sided dolphin ( Lagenorhynchus acutus ), common dolphin ( Delphinus delphis ), striped dolphin ( Stenella coeruleoalba ), Risso's dolphin ( Grampus griseus ), long-finned pilot whale ( Globicephala melas ), killer whale ( Orcinus orca ), beluga whale ( Delphinapterus leucas ), narwhal ( Monodon monoceros ), Sowerby's beaked whale ( Mesoplodon bidens ), northern bottlenose whale ( Hyperoodon ampullatus ), sperm whale ( Physeter macrocephalus ), minke whale ( Balaenoptera acutorostrata ), sei whale ( Balaenoptera borealis ), fin whale ( Balaenoptera physalus ), blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) and humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ). This review corrects several false species assignments earlier introduced in literature based on incorrect scientific or ambiguous German vernacular names and recovers lost records of beluga whale, northern bottlenose whale, sperm whale and fin whale. Article in Journal/Newspaper Balaenoptera acutorostrata Balaenoptera borealis Balaenoptera musculus Balaenoptera physalus Beluga Beluga whale Beluga* Blue whale Delphinapterus leucas Fin whale Harbour porpoise Humpback Whale hyperoodon ampullatus Killer Whale Lagenorhynchus albirostris Megaptera novaeangliae Mesoplodon bidens minke whale Monodon monoceros narwhal* Northern bottlenose whale Orca Orcinus orca Phocoena phocoena Physeter macrocephalus Sei Whale Sowerby's beaked whale Sperm whale White-beaked dolphin Killer whale Cambridge University Press Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1 20 |
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Abstract The occurrence of 19 cetacean species along the German North Sea coastline as well as the lower reaches of the major rivers discharging into the German Bight is reviewed for the period 1604–2017 based on records of dead animals, either stranded dead or put to death. The harbour porpoise ( Phocoena phocoena ) is considered the most abundant and only native species in German coastal and riverine waters. Based on written sources its presence can be traced back to at least 1651, although with statistical data only available from 1990. Finds of further 18 species have been documented: white-beaked dolphin ( Lagenorhynchus albirostris ), bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus ), Atlantic white-sided dolphin ( Lagenorhynchus acutus ), common dolphin ( Delphinus delphis ), striped dolphin ( Stenella coeruleoalba ), Risso's dolphin ( Grampus griseus ), long-finned pilot whale ( Globicephala melas ), killer whale ( Orcinus orca ), beluga whale ( Delphinapterus leucas ), narwhal ( Monodon monoceros ), Sowerby's beaked whale ( Mesoplodon bidens ), northern bottlenose whale ( Hyperoodon ampullatus ), sperm whale ( Physeter macrocephalus ), minke whale ( Balaenoptera acutorostrata ), sei whale ( Balaenoptera borealis ), fin whale ( Balaenoptera physalus ), blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) and humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ). This review corrects several false species assignments earlier introduced in literature based on incorrect scientific or ambiguous German vernacular names and recovers lost records of beluga whale, northern bottlenose whale, sperm whale and fin whale. |
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Cetacean strandings along the German North Sea coastline 1604–2017 |
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Cetacean strandings along the German North Sea coastline 1604–2017 |
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Cetacean strandings along the German North Sea coastline 1604–2017 |
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Cetacean strandings along the German North Sea coastline 1604–2017 |
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Cetacean strandings along the German North Sea coastline 1604–2017 |
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cetacean strandings along the german north sea coastline 1604–2017 |
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata Balaenoptera borealis Balaenoptera musculus Balaenoptera physalus Beluga Beluga whale Beluga* Blue whale Delphinapterus leucas Fin whale Harbour porpoise Humpback Whale hyperoodon ampullatus Killer Whale Lagenorhynchus albirostris Megaptera novaeangliae Mesoplodon bidens minke whale Monodon monoceros narwhal* Northern bottlenose whale Orca Orcinus orca Phocoena phocoena Physeter macrocephalus Sei Whale Sowerby's beaked whale Sperm whale White-beaked dolphin Killer whale |
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata Balaenoptera borealis Balaenoptera musculus Balaenoptera physalus Beluga Beluga whale Beluga* Blue whale Delphinapterus leucas Fin whale Harbour porpoise Humpback Whale hyperoodon ampullatus Killer Whale Lagenorhynchus albirostris Megaptera novaeangliae Mesoplodon bidens minke whale Monodon monoceros narwhal* Northern bottlenose whale Orca Orcinus orca Phocoena phocoena Physeter macrocephalus Sei Whale Sowerby's beaked whale Sperm whale White-beaked dolphin Killer whale |
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