Heterogeneity and the mark–recapture assessment of the Scotian Shelf population of northern bottlenose whales ( Hyperoodon ampullatus )

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Whitehead, Hal, Wimmer, Tonya
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2005
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; The Gully; hyperoodon ampullatus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f05-178; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f05-178

A population of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) inhabits the waters along the edge of the Scotian Shelf. The most important habitat of this population is the Gully, a large submarine canyon, where animals were photographically identified between 1988 and 2003. Open mark–recapture...