Cetacean records from Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic

• Main Authors: Best, Peter B., Glass, James P., Ryan, Peter G., Dalebout, Merel L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2009
• Subjects: Cetacea populations > Tristan da Cunha; Marine mammal populations > South Atlantic Ocean; Fishes > Stranding > Tristan da Cunha; Archipelagoes > South Atlantic Ocean; Right whales > Breeding > Tristan da Cunha; Tristan; Inaccessible Island; Balaenoptera physalus; Megaptera novaeangliae; Orca; Orcinus orca; Physeter macrocephalus; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/13811

The cetacean fauna at the Tristan da Cunha archipelago has been assessed from ship-based, aerial and land-based observations from 1983–2000, from strandings on Tristan da Cunha and Inaccessible Island between 1983 and 1995, and from whaling catch data from 1934–1967. Five species (Eubalaena australi...