Forty Years of Winter: Cetaceans Observed During the Southbound Migration of Gray Whales, Eschrichtius robustus, Near Granite Canyon, Central California

• Main Authors: Shelden, Kim E. W., Rugh, David J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Conservation; Fisheries; Management; Granite Canyon; Pacific; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Balaenoptera musculus; Blue whale; Humpback Whale; Killer Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; minke whale; Orca; Orcinus orca; Phocoena phocoena; Killer whale
• Online Access: http://aquaticcommons.org/9668/; http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/mfr724/mfr7241.pdf; http://aquaticcommons.org/9668/1/mfr7241.pdf

From December to February in most years from 1967 to 2007, observers counted gray whales, Eschrichtius robustus, from shore sites south of Carmel in central California. In addition to gray whales, other cetacean species were also recorded. These observations were summarized and compared among survey...