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

• Main Authors: Andriolo, Artur, Rocha, Jesuina Maria da, Zerbini, Alexandre N., Lopes, Paulo C. Simões, Moreno, Ignacio Maria Benites, 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; Baleia de Bryde; Baleia minke; Cachalote; Atlântico Sul; Oceano; Antarctic; Bryde; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Minke whale; Balaenoptera bonaerensis; Balaenoptera musculus; Blue whale; cachalote; Fin whale; minke whale; Physeter macrocephalus; Sei Whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10183/108576

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...