MESOPLODON BEAKED WHALES (Mesoplodon spp.): Western North Atlantic Stock STOCK DEFINITION AND GEOGRAPHIC RANGE
Within the genus Mesoplodon, there are four species of beaked whales that reside in the northwest Atlantic. These include True's beaked wha le, Mesoplodon mirus; Gervais ' beaked w hale, M. europaeus; Blainville's beaked whale, M. densirostris; and Sow erby's beaked wh ale, M. bi...
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2000
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.294.8361 http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/ao2000whmb-wn.pdf |
| Summary: | Within the genus Mesoplodon, there are four species of beaked whales that reside in the northwest Atlantic. These include True's beaked wha le, Mesoplodon mirus; Gervais ' beaked w hale, M. europaeus; Blainville's beaked whale, M. densirostris; and Sow erby's beaked wh ale, M. bidens (Mead 1989). These species are difficult to identify to the species level at sea; therefore, much of the available characterization for beaked whales is to genus level only. Stock structure for each sp ecies is unknown. The distribution of Mesoplodon spp. in the northwest Atlantic is known principally from stranding |
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