POPULATION ESTIMATION OF SPERM WHALES (PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS) FROM BLEIK CANYON, NORWAY

• Main Author: Rødland, Elisabeth
• Other Authors: Stein Fredriksen og Arne Bjørge
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: VDP::480; Norwegian Sea; Norway; Bleik; Northern Norway; Physeter macrocephalus; Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/11613; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-29689

The focus of this thesis is the population of adult male sperm whales in Bleik Canyon off the coast of northern Norway. Previous studies have shown this population to be an open population with a few individuals present for many years and a large group of exchanging males, mainly younger individuals...