Crowdsourcing Moby Dick! Modern and historical data identify sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) habitat offshore of SW Australia.

• Main Authors: Johnson, C.M., Kobryn, H., Beckley, L., Kerr, I., Payne, R.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Yankee; Blue whale; Physeter macrocephalus; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/24810/

The distribution and use of the pelagic habitat by sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) is generally poorly understood in Western Australia. However, a variety of data are becoming available to researchers via online portals from where records of historical expeditions, commercial whaling operation...