SPERM WHALE (Physeter macrocephalus): Western North Atlantic Stock

• Main Authors: Stock Definition, Geographic Range
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: distinct seasonal cycle(CeTAP 1982; Scott and Sadove; Browns; Watkins; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic; Physeter macrocephalus; Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.432.3830; http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/tm/tm114/pdfs/34.pdf

The distribution of the sperm whale in the U.S. EEZ occurs on the continental shelf edge, over the continental slope, and into mid-ocean regions (Figure 1). Waring et al. (1993) suggest that this offshore distribution is more commonly associated with the Gulf Stream edge and other features. However,...