Rice’s whales in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico: call variation and occurrence beyond the known core habitat

• Published in: Endangered Species Research
• Main Authors: MS Soldevilla, AJ Debich, LP Garrison, JA Hildebrand, SM Wiggins
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2022
• Subjects: Zoology; QL1-991; Botany; QK1-989; Moan; baleen whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01196; https://doaj.org/article/37a4c798b680497cbbb3d52737be4c6a

The endangered Rice’s whale Balaenoptera ricei, with fewer than 100 individuals remaining, is the only year-round resident baleen whale found in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and occurs primarily along the northeastern shelf break near De Soto Canyon. Historical whaling records and predictive density mod...