Summer distribution and relative abundance of cetaceans off the west coast of Ireland. Biology and Environment

• Main Authors: Dave Wall, John Meade, Brendan M. Allen
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Montagu; Rockall Bank; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Balaenoptera physalus; Beaufort Sea; Fin whale; Harbour porpoise; minke whale; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.569.4356; http://www.iwdg.ie/downloads/Summer Dist and Abund 2004.pdf

From May to September 2004 a survey of cetacean distribution and relative abundance was conducted on board a ‘ship of opportunity’ * a vessel used as a survey platform but not chartered for this purpose*off the west coast of Ireland. In total, 508 hours of survey effort were completed, with 304.2 ho...