Cetacean records along a coastal-offshore gradient in the Vitória-Trindade Chain, western South Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Brazilian Journal of Biology
• Main Authors: LL Wedekin, MR Rossi-Santos, C Baracho, AL Cypriano-Souza, PC Simões-Lopes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
• Subjects: Megaptera novaeangliae; Balaenoptera physalus; Balaenoptera bonaerensis; Orcinus orca; Steno bredanensis; Tursiops truncatus; seamounts; Brazil; Science; Q; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Zoology; QL1-991; Botany; QK1-989; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Lone; Antarc*; Antarctic Minke whale; Fin whale; Humpback Whale; Killer Whale; minke whale; Orca; South Atlantic Ocean; Killer whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.21812; https://doaj.org/article/c0acc2ca21b74d7791607e903994c0e6

Oceanic waters are difficult to assess, and there are many gaps in knowledge regarding cetacean occurrence. To fill some of these gaps, this article provides important cetacean records obtained in the winter of 2010 during a dedicated expedition to collect visual and acoustic information in the Vitó...