Distribution and relative abundance of large whales in a former whaling ground off eastern South America

• Published in: Zoologia (Curitiba)
• Main Authors: Andriolo, Artur, Rocha, Jesuina M. da, Zerbini, Alexandre N., Simões-Lopes, Paulo C., Moreno, Ignacio B., Lucena, Alineide, Danilewicz, Daniel, Bassoi, Manuela
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: - 2010
• Subjects: Bryde's whale; Minke whale; Sei whale; Sperm whale; South Atlantic; -; Antarctic; Bryde; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Minke whale; Balaenoptera bonaerensis; Balaenoptera musculus; Blue whale; Fin whale; minke whale; Physeter macrocephalus; Sei Whale
• Online Access: https://repositorio.ufjf.br/jspui/handle/ufjf/8485; https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-46702010000500011

Ship-based sighting surveys for cetaceans were conducted in the former whaling ground off the northeastern coast of Brazil. The cruises took place in winter and spring of 1998-2001 with the objectives of investigating current distribution and abundance of cetaceans, particularly large whale species...