Relative abundance of large whales around South Georgia (1979–1998

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Moore, M. J., Berrow, S. D., Jensen, B. A., Carr, P., Sears, R., Rowntree, V. J., Payne, R., Hamilton, P. K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 1999
• Subjects: Argentina; Bird Island; Shag Rocks; Blue whale; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503598/; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00891.x

To assess large-whale stocks following the cessation of land-based South Georgia whaling in 1965, we report three independent sighting databases: a cruise in 1997, observations from Bird Island (NW of South Georgia) between 1979 and 1998, and mariner sightings between 1992 and 1997. All species were...