Abundance of blue whales off Chile from the 1997/98 SOWER survey

• Main Authors: Branch, Trevor A, Zerbini, Alexandre N, Findlay, Ken
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: University of Cape Town 2007
• Subjects: blue whales; Chile; 1997/98 SOWER survey; Chiloé; Blue whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17641; https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/17641/1/Branch_Abundance_blue_whales_off_2007.pdf

The 1997/98 SOWER survey in Chile searched the region from 18°30′S to 38°S. Although the primary intention of the surveys was to maximize blue whale encounters, survey coverage was sufficient to estimate abundance using line transect methods. The baseline abundance estimate, excluding transit legs,...