Marine mammal strandings in the New Caledonia region, Southwest Pacific

• Main Author: Borsa, Philippe
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Antarctic; Indian; New Zealand; Pacific; Rorqual; Antarc*; Antarctic Minke whale; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Blue whale; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; minke whale; Physeter macrocephalus; Sei Whale; Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010035660

Four hundred twenty three marine mammals, in 72 stranding events, were recorded between 1877 and 2005 in New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, and Vanuatu in the southwest Pacific. Sixteen species were represented in this count, including: minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata (1 single stranding),...