WHITE-SIDED DOLPHIN (Lagenorhynchus acutus): Western North Atlantic Stock

• Main Authors: Stock Definition, Geographic Range
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Greenland; Hudson; Lower Bay; Labrador Sea; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.294.8117; http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/ao2000dows-wn.pdf

White-sided dolphins are found in temperate and sub-polar waters of the North Atlantic, primarily on continental shelf waters to the 100 m depth contour. The species inhabits waters from central we st Greenland to North Carolina (about 35°N) and perhaps as far east as 43 o W (Evans 1987). Distributi...