Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Sightings During a Survey of the Endeavour Segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge, British Columbia

Marine mammals and sea turtles were documented as part of a monitoring and mitigation program during a seismic study offshore (~250 km) from Vancouver island, British Columbia, during August–September 2009. Forty-one marine mammals in nine groups were sighted. Dall’s Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) wa...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Canadian Field-Naturalist
Main Author: Holst, Meike
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2017
Subjects:
Dall’s Porpoise
Phocoenoides dalli
leatherback Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Northern Elephant Seal
Mirounga angustirostris
Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus
Pacific White-sided Dolphins
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
seismic survey
marine mammal
Endeavour
Pacific
Elephant Seal
Sperm whale
toothed whale
Online Access:https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1873
https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v131i2.1873

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