First underwater sighting of Shepherd’s beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi)

• Published in: Marine Biodiversity Records
• Main Authors: Thompson, Christopher D. H., Bouchet, Phil J., Meeuwig, Jessica J.
• Other Authors: University of St Andrews.School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews.Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Tristan da Cunha; South Atlantic; Whale; Cetacean; Pigmentation; BRUVS; Marine reserve; GC Oceanography; QA Mathematics; QH301 Biology; NDAS; SDG 14 - Life Below Water; GC; QA; QH301; Tristan; Stripe; Inaccessible Island
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10023/19198; https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-019-0165-6

Here we describe the first underwater sighting of Shepherd’s beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi). Two individuals were observed together on video footage obtained via mid-water stereo-Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems (BRUVS) deployed off the coast of Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, in t...