Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sightings off the coast of Virginia
Abstract We report on two sightings of individual blue whales ( Balaenoptera musculus ) off the coast of Virginia during marine mammal surveys. On 11 April 2018, during a vessel survey off the coast of Virginia, a single blue whale was observed approximately 100 km east-northeast of Virginia Beach....
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crspringernat:10.1186/s41200-020-00189-y 2023-05-15T15:36:19+02:00 Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sightings off the coast of Virginia Engelhaupt, Dan T. Pusser, Todd Aschettino, Jessica M. Engelhaupt, Amy G. Cotter, Mark P. Richlen, Michael F. Bell, Joel T. U.S. Fleet Forces Command 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41200-020-00189-y https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s41200-020-00189-y.pdf https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41200-020-00189-y/fulltext.html en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Marine Biodiversity Records volume 13, issue 1 ISSN 1755-2672 Aquatic Science Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Oceanography journal-article 2020 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-020-00189-y 2022-01-04T15:21:50Z Abstract We report on two sightings of individual blue whales ( Balaenoptera musculus ) off the coast of Virginia during marine mammal surveys. On 11 April 2018, during a vessel survey off the coast of Virginia, a single blue whale was observed approximately 100 km east-northeast of Virginia Beach. On 10 February 2019, another single blue whale was recorded during an aerial survey approximately 135 km east-southeast of Virginia Beach. These observations mark the first time this endangered species has been documented with photographs off the coast of Virginia, and represent the southernmost confirmed sightings in waters of the United States Atlantic Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). At the time of the vessel observation, numerous fin whales ( Balaenoptera physalus ), humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ), and North Atlantic right whales ( Eubalaena glacialis ), were observed within the same approximately 8 km 2 area as the blue whale. For the aerial sighting, the blue whale was seen feeding among at least 15 fin whales in an area approximately 4 km 2 . These sightings contribute to the small body of information existing for the late winter/early spring distribution of blue whales in waters of the western North Atlantic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Balaenoptera musculus Balaenoptera physalus Blue whale Eubalaena glacialis Megaptera novaeangliae North Atlantic Springer Nature (via Crossref) Marine Biodiversity Records 13 1 |
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Aquatic Science Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Oceanography Engelhaupt, Dan T. Pusser, Todd Aschettino, Jessica M. Engelhaupt, Amy G. Cotter, Mark P. Richlen, Michael F. Bell, Joel T. Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sightings off the coast of Virginia |
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Abstract We report on two sightings of individual blue whales ( Balaenoptera musculus ) off the coast of Virginia during marine mammal surveys. On 11 April 2018, during a vessel survey off the coast of Virginia, a single blue whale was observed approximately 100 km east-northeast of Virginia Beach. On 10 February 2019, another single blue whale was recorded during an aerial survey approximately 135 km east-southeast of Virginia Beach. These observations mark the first time this endangered species has been documented with photographs off the coast of Virginia, and represent the southernmost confirmed sightings in waters of the United States Atlantic Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). At the time of the vessel observation, numerous fin whales ( Balaenoptera physalus ), humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ), and North Atlantic right whales ( Eubalaena glacialis ), were observed within the same approximately 8 km 2 area as the blue whale. For the aerial sighting, the blue whale was seen feeding among at least 15 fin whales in an area approximately 4 km 2 . These sightings contribute to the small body of information existing for the late winter/early spring distribution of blue whales in waters of the western North Atlantic. |
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Engelhaupt, Dan T. Pusser, Todd Aschettino, Jessica M. Engelhaupt, Amy G. Cotter, Mark P. Richlen, Michael F. Bell, Joel T. |
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Engelhaupt, Dan T. Pusser, Todd Aschettino, Jessica M. Engelhaupt, Amy G. Cotter, Mark P. Richlen, Michael F. Bell, Joel T. |
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Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sightings off the coast of Virginia |
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Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sightings off the coast of Virginia |
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Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sightings off the coast of Virginia |
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Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sightings off the coast of Virginia |
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Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sightings off the coast of Virginia |
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blue whale (balaenoptera musculus) sightings off the coast of virginia |
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