Stranding and sighting records of Gervais’ beaked whale in Cabo Verde
Gervais’ beaked whale Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855) is restricted to the Atlantic Ocean. Although most records are from the North Atlantic, it is probably continuously distributed in deep warm waters around the equator (Mead 1989, Norman & Mead 2001). Its occurrence in West Africa is poor...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/48903 https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-489035 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-489035 http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/files/48903/bachara_et_al_2018_whale.pdf |
| Summary: | Gervais’ beaked whale Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855) is restricted to the Atlantic Ocean. Although most records are from the North Atlantic, it is probably continuously distributed in deep warm waters around the equator (Mead 1989, Norman & Mead 2001). Its occurrence in West Africa is poorly known, as records are rare. It is classified as Data Deficient (Taylor et al. 2008). |
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