Whale sightings, group sizes and krill biomass in West Greenland in 2005

• Main Authors: Laidre, Kristin L, Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, Heagerty, Patrick, Cossio, Anthony, Bergström, Bo, Simon, M
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2010
• Subjects: Biological sample; BIOS; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; W_Greenland_whale; West Greenland; Greenland; Gam; Paamiut; Lille Hellefiske Bank; Balaenoptera physalus; baleen whale; baleen whales; Fin whale; Humpback Whale; International Polar Year; Meganyctiphanes norvegica; Megaptera novaeangliae; minke whale; Sei Whale
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.814102; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.814102

This study combined data on fin whale Balaenoptera physalus, humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae, minke whale B. acutorostrata, and sei whale B. borealis sightings from large-scale visual aerial and ship-based surveys (248 and 157 sightings, respectively) with synoptic acoustic sampling of krill M...