Biologically Important Areas II for cetaceans within U.S. and adjacent waters – Hawaiʻi Region

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Kratofil, Michaela A., Harnish, Annette E., Mahaffy, Sabre D., Henderson, E. Elizabeth, Bradford, Amanda L., Martin, Stephen W., Lagerquist, Barbara A., Palacios, Daniel M., Oleson, Erin M., Baird, Robin W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2023
• Subjects: Bia; Humpback Whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1053581; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1053581/full

In this assessment we incorporated published and unpublished information to delineate and score Biologically Important Areas (BIAs) for cetaceans in the Hawaiʻi region following standardized criteria. Twenty-six cetacean species have been documented in Hawaiʻi. Eleven odontocete species have distinc...