Trends in cetacean abundance in the Gully submarine canyon, 1988–2011, highlight a 21% per year increase in Sowerby’s beaked whales ( Mesoplodon bidens )
Long time series of abundance data have advanced ecological understanding. I examined trends in incidental sightings of cetaceans in the Gully and neighbouring submarine canyons on the edge of the Scotian Shelf during summers between 1988 and 2011. There were a total of 2938 h of sighting effort in...
Published in: | Canadian Journal of Zoology |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
2013
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2012-0293 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjz-2012-0293 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjz-2012-0293 |