December 2012 GERVAIS ' BEAKED WHALE (Mesoplodon europaeus): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock

• Main Authors: Stock Definition, Geographic Range
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Reeves; North Atlantic; Sowerby's beaked whale
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.294.8596; http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/ao2012whgv-gmxn.pdf

Three species of Mesoplodon are known to occur in the Gulf of Mexico, based on stranding or sighting data (Hansen et al. 1995; Würsig et al. 2000). These are Blainville's beaked whale (M. densirostris), Gervais ' beaked whale (M. europaeus) and Sowerby's beaked whale (M. bidens). Sowe...