Sightings of southern resident killer whales in the Salish Sea 1976–2014: the importance of a long-term opportunistic dataset

• Published in: Endangered Species Research
• Main Authors: Olson, JK, Wood, J, Osborne, RW, Barrett-Lennard, L, Larson, S
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2018
• Subjects: Zoology; QL1-991; Botany; QK1-989; British Columbia; Canada; Keta; Killer Whale; Orca; Orcinus orca; Killer whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00918; https://doaj.org/article/0136ba1b3d8e47a8839efdc378a6c1ef

Southern resident killer whales (SRKWs) Orcinus orca may be present year round in the Salish Sea, i.e. the inland waterways of Washington State (USA) and southern British Columbia (Canada). SRKWs were listed as endangered in 2005 under the US Endangered Species Act. The Whale Museum (Washington, USA...