Blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in offshore waters of Kenya
Observations of blue whales were made in Kenyan offshore waters during a seismic survey from September 2014 to January 2015. These represent the first live at-sea sightings of blue whales reported from Kenyan waters. All 30 sightings occurred between September and October in waters ranging from 2 99...
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ftjafricanj:oai:ojs.ajol.info:article/143852 2023-05-15T13:37:10+02:00 Blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in offshore waters of Kenya Barber, R Sikora, I Nimak-Wood, M 2016-09-14 application/pdf http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajms/article/view/143852 eng eng NISC http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajms/article/view/143852/133558 http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajms/article/view/143852 Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the publisher. African Journal of Marine Science; Vol 38, No 2 (2016); 279-284 1814-232X cetacean distribution western Indian Ocean info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2016 ftjafricanj 2017-03-05T06:38:36Z Observations of blue whales were made in Kenyan offshore waters during a seismic survey from September 2014 to January 2015. These represent the first live at-sea sightings of blue whales reported from Kenyan waters. All 30 sightings occurred between September and October in waters ranging from 2 990 to 4 705 m depth. It is unknown to which of the three possible subspecies the animals sighted belong. Based on timing and geographical location, they are likely to have been either Antarctic blue whales Balaenoptera musculus intermedia, Madagascar pygmy blue whales B. m. brevicauda or northern Indian Ocean blue whales B. m. indica.Keywords: cetacean, distribution, western Indian Ocean Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Balaenoptera musculus AJOL - African Journals Online Antarctic Indian |
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Observations of blue whales were made in Kenyan offshore waters during a seismic survey from September 2014 to January 2015. These represent the first live at-sea sightings of blue whales reported from Kenyan waters. All 30 sightings occurred between September and October in waters ranging from 2 990 to 4 705 m depth. It is unknown to which of the three possible subspecies the animals sighted belong. Based on timing and geographical location, they are likely to have been either Antarctic blue whales Balaenoptera musculus intermedia, Madagascar pygmy blue whales B. m. brevicauda or northern Indian Ocean blue whales B. m. indica.Keywords: cetacean, distribution, western Indian Ocean |
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Barber, R Sikora, I Nimak-Wood, M |
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Barber, R |
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Blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in offshore waters of Kenya |
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Blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in offshore waters of Kenya |
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Blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in offshore waters of Kenya |
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Blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in offshore waters of Kenya |
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Blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in offshore waters of Kenya |
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blue whales balaenoptera musculus in offshore waters of kenya |
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Antarc* Antarctic Balaenoptera musculus |
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