Red Sea Cetacean Review - Sightings ...

Original provider: Tethys Research Institute Dataset credits: Marina Costa, Amina Cesario, Maddalena Fumagalli & Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Tethys Research Institute Chris Smeenk Eritrea Project - Yohannes Mebrahtu IMMRAC Peter Rudolph Red Sea Dolphin Project - HEPCA Abstract: Based on a r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Costa, Marina, Di Sciara, Giuseppe Notarbartolo
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: OBIS-SEAMAP 2021
Subjects:
Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Vessel
Observation
Occurrence
Pacific
Indian
Rudolph
Humpback Whale
Killer Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Orca
Orcinus orca
Sperm whale
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/753pd4
https://www.gbif.org/dataset/0e448783-fb63-4086-b02f-9d1ff4938999
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Summary:Original provider: Tethys Research Institute Dataset credits: Marina Costa, Amina Cesario, Maddalena Fumagalli & Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Tethys Research Institute Chris Smeenk Eritrea Project - Yohannes Mebrahtu IMMRAC Peter Rudolph Red Sea Dolphin Project - HEPCA Abstract: Based on a review of the literature, complemented by original observations at sea made by the authors during the past 34 years, the cetacean fauna in the Red Sea appears to be composed by a total of 16 species: three Mysticetes (Bryde’s whale, Balaenoptera edeni; Omura’s whale, B. omurai; and humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae) and 13 Odontocetes (dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima; killer whale, Orcinus orca; false killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens; short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus; Risso’s dolphin, Grampus griseus; Indian Ocean humpback dolphin, Sousa plumbea; rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis; Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus; common bottlenose dolphin, T. truncatus; pantropical ...

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