The distribution and abundance of harbour porpoises and other small cetaceans in the North Sea and adjacent waters

• Main Authors: Hammond, Philip S., Benke, Harald, Breggren, Per, Collet, Anne, Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, Heimlich-Boran, Sara, Leopold, Mardik, Øien, Nils
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES 1995
• Subjects: harbour porpoise; nise; marine mammals; sjøpattedyr; stock assessment; bestandsberegning; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ethology: 485; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452; Celtic Shelf; Kattegat; Harbour porpoise
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/105477

To provide accurate and precise estimates of abundance for harbour porpoises and other small cetaceans throughout the North Sea and adjacent waters, an intensive shipboard and aerial sightings survey was conducted in July 1994 as part of project SCANS - Small Cetacean Abundance in the North Sea. New...