Revised 09/30/99 KILLER WHALE (Orcinus orca): Eastern North Pacific Offshore Stock

Killer whales have been observed in all oceans and seas of the world (Leatherwood and Dahlheim 1978). Although reported from tropical and offshore waters, killer whales prefer the colder waters of both hemispheres, with greatest abundances found within 800 km of major continents (Mitchell 1975). Alo...

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Main Authors: Stock Definition, Geographic Range
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Pacific
Killer Whale
Orca
Orcinus orca
Killer whale
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.294.7097
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/po1999whki-enos.pdf
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Summary:Killer whales have been observed in all oceans and seas of the world (Leatherwood and Dahlheim 1978). Although reported from tropical and offshore waters, killer whales prefer the colder waters of both hemispheres, with greatest abundances found within 800 km of major continents (Mitchell 1975). Along the west coast of North America, killer whales occur along the entire Alaskan coast (Braham and

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