PYGMY SPERM WHALE (KOGIA BREVICEPS) STRANDING RECORD IN TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA, AND DIET OF A SINGLE SPECIMEN
International audience This study describes the stranding record of the Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, in Tasmanian waters, and the diet of a single individual. The Pygmy Sperm Whale is one of the most commonly stranded cetaceans in some parts of Australia, although it occurs infrequently in th...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-00919221v1 2023-05-15T18:26:20+02:00 PYGMY SPERM WHALE (KOGIA BREVICEPS) STRANDING RECORD IN TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA, AND DIET OF A SINGLE SPECIMEN Beasley, Isabel Cherel, Yves Robinson, Sue Betty, Emma Gales, Rosemary School of Earth and Environmental Sciences James Cook University (JCU) Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment Invasive Species Branch Institute for Applied Ecology New Zealand (AENZ) Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Department of Primary Industries and Water Biodiversity Conservation Branch 2013-11-05 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00919221 en eng HAL CCSD hal-00919221 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00919221 Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00919221 Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 2013, 147, pp.25-32 Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps diet cephalopods Tasmania Australia [SDE]Environmental Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2013 ftccsdartic 2021-09-12T00:48:08Z International audience This study describes the stranding record of the Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, in Tasmanian waters, and the diet of a single individual. The Pygmy Sperm Whale is one of the most commonly stranded cetaceans in some parts of Australia, although it occurs infrequently in the Tasmanian stranding record, with only seven known stranding events. Dietary items were investigated from a single juvenile male Pygmy Sperm Whale stranded in southeast Tasmania. The recoverable diet consisted of approximately three kilograms of reconstructed cephalopod prey mass from at least 11 cephalopod species within nine families. Using reconstructed biomass, the most important family was Histioteuthidae (Histioteuthis atlantica and H. miranda: 29% of reconstructed biomass), followed by Ommastrephidae (unknown sp.: 27% of reconstructed biomass), Enoploteuthidae (Enoploteuthis sp): 25% of reconstructed biomass), Cranchiidae (Cranchia scabra and Teuthowenia pellucida), Chiroteuthidae (Chiroteuthis veranyi), Brachioteuthidae (Brachioteuthis linkovskyi), Neoteuthidae (Nototeuthis dimegacotyle), Pyroteuthidae (Pyroteuthis margaritifera) and Sepiolidae (Heteroteuthis sp.). Collection and analysis of biological material from Pygmy Sperm Whale strandings around Australia should be a high priority to better understand the ecology of this poorly known species. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sperm whale Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) |
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Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps diet cephalopods Tasmania Australia [SDE]Environmental Sciences Beasley, Isabel Cherel, Yves Robinson, Sue Betty, Emma Gales, Rosemary PYGMY SPERM WHALE (KOGIA BREVICEPS) STRANDING RECORD IN TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA, AND DIET OF A SINGLE SPECIMEN |
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International audience This study describes the stranding record of the Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, in Tasmanian waters, and the diet of a single individual. The Pygmy Sperm Whale is one of the most commonly stranded cetaceans in some parts of Australia, although it occurs infrequently in the Tasmanian stranding record, with only seven known stranding events. Dietary items were investigated from a single juvenile male Pygmy Sperm Whale stranded in southeast Tasmania. The recoverable diet consisted of approximately three kilograms of reconstructed cephalopod prey mass from at least 11 cephalopod species within nine families. Using reconstructed biomass, the most important family was Histioteuthidae (Histioteuthis atlantica and H. miranda: 29% of reconstructed biomass), followed by Ommastrephidae (unknown sp.: 27% of reconstructed biomass), Enoploteuthidae (Enoploteuthis sp): 25% of reconstructed biomass), Cranchiidae (Cranchia scabra and Teuthowenia pellucida), Chiroteuthidae (Chiroteuthis veranyi), Brachioteuthidae (Brachioteuthis linkovskyi), Neoteuthidae (Nototeuthis dimegacotyle), Pyroteuthidae (Pyroteuthis margaritifera) and Sepiolidae (Heteroteuthis sp.). Collection and analysis of biological material from Pygmy Sperm Whale strandings around Australia should be a high priority to better understand the ecology of this poorly known species. |
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School of Earth and Environmental Sciences James Cook University (JCU) Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment Invasive Species Branch Institute for Applied Ecology New Zealand (AENZ) Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Department of Primary Industries and Water Biodiversity Conservation Branch |
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Beasley, Isabel Cherel, Yves Robinson, Sue Betty, Emma Gales, Rosemary |
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Beasley, Isabel Cherel, Yves Robinson, Sue Betty, Emma Gales, Rosemary |
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PYGMY SPERM WHALE (KOGIA BREVICEPS) STRANDING RECORD IN TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA, AND DIET OF A SINGLE SPECIMEN |
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PYGMY SPERM WHALE (KOGIA BREVICEPS) STRANDING RECORD IN TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA, AND DIET OF A SINGLE SPECIMEN |
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PYGMY SPERM WHALE (KOGIA BREVICEPS) STRANDING RECORD IN TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA, AND DIET OF A SINGLE SPECIMEN |
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PYGMY SPERM WHALE (KOGIA BREVICEPS) STRANDING RECORD IN TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA, AND DIET OF A SINGLE SPECIMEN |
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PYGMY SPERM WHALE (KOGIA BREVICEPS) STRANDING RECORD IN TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA, AND DIET OF A SINGLE SPECIMEN |
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pygmy sperm whale (kogia breviceps) stranding record in tasmania, australia, and diet of a single specimen |
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Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00919221 Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 2013, 147, pp.25-32 |
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