PYGMY KILLER WHALE (Feresa attenutta): Western North Atlantic Stock

The pygmy killer whale is distributed worldwide in tropical to sub-tropical waters (Jefferson et al. 1994). Pygmy killer 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 t...

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Main Authors: Stock Definition, Geographic Range
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Killer Whale
North Atlantic
Killer whale
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.294.6624
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/ao2005whpk-wn.pdf
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Summary:The pygmy killer whale is distributed worldwide in tropical to sub-tropical waters (Jefferson et al. 1994). Pygmy killer 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 pygmy killer whales were documented in all seasons during aerial surveys of the northern Gulf of Mexico

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