Estimating abundance of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Gulf of Mexico from acoustic data collected during the NOAA Cruise GU-09-06 (054)

• Main Author: Kirkpatrick, Aaron
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarly Repository 2014
• Subjects: sperm whale; Physeter macrocephalus; NOAA; Gordon Gunter; research cruise; Environmental Sciences; Gunter; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/rsmas_intern_reports/143; https://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1142&context=rsmas_intern_reports

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) abundance was estimated for the northern Gulf of Mexico from data collected during a line-transect abundance cruise carried out onboard the NOAA ship Gordon Gunter in 2009. Acoustic and visual data were collected between 16th June and 13th August 2009. Initially,...