and comparison to earlier surveys.

• Main Authors: Thorvaldur Gunnlaugsson, Gísli A. Víkingsson, Marianne H. Rasmussen
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Faxaflói; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Iceland
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.486.3301; http://www.iwcoffice.co.uk/_documents/sci_com/SC61docs/SC-61-RMP11.pdf

An aerial survey was conducted in Faxaflói area South West Iceland in late June – July 2008. This is the 12th time that this area is surveyed in a similar manner. Density of common minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), the target species in these surveys, was similar to most earlier surveys and higher than in 2007 when densities were extremely low. Distribution of minke whales within the area is apparently more concentrated in shallow waters inside the Faxaflói bay in 2008 than in any earlier survey. The relative cue distribution, duplicates and measurement errors in the 2008 survey are presented.