POPULATION ANALYSIS OF NORTHERN BOTTLENOSE WHALES IN THE GULLY, NOVA SCOTIA

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Whitehead, HAL, Gowans, Shannon, Faucher, Annick, Mccarrey, Stephen W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1997
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; The Gully; hyperoodon ampullatus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1997.tb00625.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1748-7692.1997.tb00625.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1997.tb00625.x

ABSTRACT Northern bottlenose whales ( Hyperoodon ampullatus ) are consistently found through the year in the Gully, a prominent submarine canyon on the edge of the Scotian Shelf. Individuals were photographically identified during field studies between 1988 and 1995. About 70% of the population is i...