MELON-HEADED WHALE (Peponocephala electra): Western North Atlantic Stock
The melon-headed whale is distributed worldwide in tropical to sub-tropical waters (Jefferson et al. 1994). Melonheaded whales are assumed to be part of the cetacean fauna of the tropical western North Atlantic. The paucity of sightings is probably due to a naturally low number of groups compared to...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.174.5736 2023-05-15T17:27:49+02:00 MELON-HEADED WHALE (Peponocephala electra): Western North Atlantic Stock Stock Definition Geographic Range The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2005 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.174.5736 http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/tm/tm201/pdfs/244-245.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.174.5736 http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/tm/tm201/pdfs/244-245.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/tm/tm201/pdfs/244-245.pdf text 2005 ftciteseerx 2016-01-07T16:10:18Z The melon-headed whale is distributed worldwide in tropical to sub-tropical waters (Jefferson et al. 1994). Melonheaded whales are assumed to be part of the cetacean fauna of the tropical western North Atlantic. The paucity of sightings is probably due to a naturally low number of groups compared to other cetacean species. Sightings in the more extensively surveyed northern Gulf of Mexico occur in oceanic waters (Mullin et al. 1994; Mullin and Fulling, 2004). Sightings of melon-headed whales in the northern Gulf of Mexico were documented in all seasons during aerial surveys of the northern Gulf of Mexico between 1992 and 1998 (Hansen et al. 1996; Mullin and Hoggard 2000). The western North Atlantic population is provisionally being considered one stock for management purposes. Additional morphological, genetic and/or behavioral data are needed to provide further information on stock delineation. POPULATION SIZE The numbers of melon-headed whales off the U.S. or Canadian Atlantic coast are unknown, and seasonal abundance estimates are not available for this stock, since it was rarely seen in any surveys. A group of melon- headed whales was sighted during both a 1999 (20 whales) and 2002 (80 whales) vessel survey of the western North Atlantic off of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in waters>2500 m deep Text North Atlantic Unknown |
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The melon-headed whale is distributed worldwide in tropical to sub-tropical waters (Jefferson et al. 1994). Melonheaded whales are assumed to be part of the cetacean fauna of the tropical western North Atlantic. The paucity of sightings is probably due to a naturally low number of groups compared to other cetacean species. Sightings in the more extensively surveyed northern Gulf of Mexico occur in oceanic waters (Mullin et al. 1994; Mullin and Fulling, 2004). Sightings of melon-headed whales in the northern Gulf of Mexico were documented in all seasons during aerial surveys of the northern Gulf of Mexico between 1992 and 1998 (Hansen et al. 1996; Mullin and Hoggard 2000). The western North Atlantic population is provisionally being considered one stock for management purposes. Additional morphological, genetic and/or behavioral data are needed to provide further information on stock delineation. POPULATION SIZE The numbers of melon-headed whales off the U.S. or Canadian Atlantic coast are unknown, and seasonal abundance estimates are not available for this stock, since it was rarely seen in any surveys. A group of melon- headed whales was sighted during both a 1999 (20 whales) and 2002 (80 whales) vessel survey of the western North Atlantic off of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in waters>2500 m deep |
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