An observation of Lagenorhynchus albirostris (Delphinidae, Odontoceti) in Kola Peninsula, Barents Sea in 2011

• Published in: Nature Conservation Research
• Main Authors: Alexander A. Zaytsev, Andrey P. Yakovlev, Miron V. Pakhomov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Fund for Support and Development of Protected Areas "Bear Land" 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Kola Bay; Red Data Book; White-beaked Dolphin; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation; G; Barents Sea; Kola Peninsula; Murmansk; kola peninsula; Lagenorhynchus albirostris; White-beaked dolphin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.24189/ncr.2018.034; https://doaj.org/article/8a6406be31e94394ba4d4b8585ceffef

Lagenorhynchus albirostris is one of the most common Cetacean species in the Barents Sea. However, there is not a mention of its appearance in the Kola Bay. The present report confirms the appearance of a group of Lagenorhynchus albirostris in the Kola Bay near the aquacomplex of the Murmansk Marine Biological Institute of the Kola Research Centre of RAS, Polyarny town, in autumn 2011.