Data on biology and exploitation of West Atlantic sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus (Cetacea: Physeteridae) off the coast of Paraíba, Brazil

• Published in: Zoologia (Curitiba)
• Main Authors: Gustavo Toledo, Alfredo Langguth
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2009
• Subjects: Biological data; Costinha Whaling Station; sperm whale; Zoology; QL1-991; Flensing; Physeter macrocephalus; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-46702009000400011; https://doaj.org/article/db02c0c020cd4ffc9ec645b261a25305

This study analyzes data on the biology of sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758, obtained between 1965 and 1980 by the COPESBRA at the Costinha Whaling Station, Paraíba, Brazil. The data come from the log books of the whaling ships and from the spreadsheets containing biological infor...