Distribution and relative abundance of large whales in a former whaling ground off eastern South America

• Published in: Zoologia (Curitiba)
• Main Authors: Artur Andriolo, Jesuina M. da Rocha, Alexandre N. Zerbini, Paulo C. Simões-Lopes, Ignacio B. Moreno, Alineide Lucena, Daniel Danilewicz, Manuela Bassoi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2010
• Subjects: Bryde's whale; minke whale; sei whale; sperm whale; South Atlantic; Zoology; QL1-991; Antarctic; Bryde; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Minke whale; Balaenoptera bonaerensis; Balaenoptera musculus; Blue whale; Fin whale; Physeter macrocephalus; Sei Whale; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-46702010000500011; https://doaj.org/article/ae6757e986db4aa9bd1ce7cf27261776

Ship-based sighting surveys for cetaceans were conducted in the former whaling ground off the northeastern coast of Brazil. The cruises took place in winter and spring of 1998-2001 with the objectives of investigating current distribution and abundance of cetaceans, particularly large whale species...