Occurrence of Omura’s whale, Balaenoptera omurai (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae), in the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean based on Passive Acoustic Monitoring

• Published in: Journal of Mammalogy
• Main Authors: Moreira, Sergio C, Weksler, Marcelo, Sousa-lima, Renata S, Maia, Marcia, Sukhovich, Alexey, Royer, Jean-yves, Marcondes, Milton C C, Cerchio, Salvatore
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2020
• Subjects: acoustic detection; Atlantic Ocean; Balaenoptera omurai; Balaenopteridae; seasonality; song; vocalization; Indian; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Nordeste; Pacific; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00682/79440/82045.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa130; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00682/79440/

The current known distribution of Omura’s whale includes the tropical and warm temperate waters of the western Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans. Evidence of their presence in the Atlantic Ocean is based on beach cast specimens found on the coasts of Mauritania (North Atlantic) and Northeastern B...