Abundance and distribution of sperm whales in the Canary Islands : can sperm whales in the Archipelago sustain the current level of ship-strike mortalities?

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Fais, Andrea, Lewis, Tim P., Zitterbart, Daniel P., Álvarez, Omar, Tejedor, Ana, Aguilar de Soto, Natacha
• Other Authors: University of St Andrews.School of Biology, University of St Andrews.Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: QH301 Biology; QH301; Lanes; North Atlantic; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10023/8618; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150660

Funding was provided through an agreement between the Canary Islands Government and the Spanish Ministries of the Environment and Defence. Additional survey effort on the Amanay, Banquete and Concepción seamounts was funded by the Fundación Biodiversidad-MAGRAMA via the LIFE-INDEMARES project. Sperm...