Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogin breiJiceps) stranding record in Tasmania, Australia, and diet of a single specimen
This study describes the stranding record of the Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, in Tasmanian waters, and the diet of a single individual. The Pygmy Sperm Whale is one of the most commonly stranded cetaceans in some parts of Australia, although it occurs infrequently in the Tasmanian stranding r...
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ftunivtasmania:oai:eprints.utas.edu.au:22576 2023-05-15T18:26:21+02:00 Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogin breiJiceps) stranding record in Tasmania, Australia, and diet of a single specimen Beasley, I Cherel, Y Robinson, Sue Betty, E Gales, R 2013 application/pdf https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22576/ https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22576/7/2012-%20Beasley.pdf en eng https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22576/7/2012-%20Beasley.pdf Beasley, I, Cherel, Y, Robinson, Sue, Betty, E and Gales, R 2013 , 'Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogin breiJiceps) stranding record in Tasmania, Australia, and diet of a single specimen' , Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, vol. 147 , pp. 25-31 , doi:10.26749/rstpp.147.25 <http://dx.doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.147.25>. cc_utas 210000 Science - General 270000 Biological Sciences 270500 Zoology Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps diet cephalopods ; Royal Society of Tasmania RST Van Diemens Land natural history science papers & proceedings Australia Article PeerReviewed 2013 ftunivtasmania https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.147.25 2020-05-30T07:37:08Z This study describes the stranding record of the Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, in Tasmanian waters, and the diet of a single individual. The Pygmy Sperm Whale is one of the most commonly stranded cetaceans in some parts of Australia, although it occurs infrequently in the Tasmanian stranding record, with only seven known stranding events. Dietary items were investigated from a single juvenile male Pygmy Sperm Whale stranded in southeast Tasmania. The recoverable diet consisted of approximately three kilograms of reconstructed cephalopod prey mass from at least 11 cephalopod species within nine families. Using reconstructed biomass, the most important family was Histioteuthidae (Histioteuthis atlantica and H. miranda: 29% of reconstructed biomass), followed by Ommastrephidae (unknown sp.: 27% of reconstructed biomass), Enoploteuthidae (Enoploteuthis sp): 25% of reconstructed biomass), Cranchiidae (Cranchia scabra and Teuthowenia pellucida), Chiroteuthidae (Chiroteuthis veranyi), Brachioteuthidae (Brachioteuthis linkovskyi), Neoteuthidae (Nototeuthis dimegacotyle), Pyroteuthidae (Pyroteuthis margaritifera) and Sepiolidae (Heteroteuthis sp.). Collection and analysis of biological material from Pygmy Sperm Whale strandings around Australia should be a high priority to better understand the ecology of this poorly known species. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sperm whale University of Tasmania: UTas ePrints Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 147 25 31 |
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This study describes the stranding record of the Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, in Tasmanian waters, and the diet of a single individual. The Pygmy Sperm Whale is one of the most commonly stranded cetaceans in some parts of Australia, although it occurs infrequently in the Tasmanian stranding record, with only seven known stranding events. Dietary items were investigated from a single juvenile male Pygmy Sperm Whale stranded in southeast Tasmania. The recoverable diet consisted of approximately three kilograms of reconstructed cephalopod prey mass from at least 11 cephalopod species within nine families. Using reconstructed biomass, the most important family was Histioteuthidae (Histioteuthis atlantica and H. miranda: 29% of reconstructed biomass), followed by Ommastrephidae (unknown sp.: 27% of reconstructed biomass), Enoploteuthidae (Enoploteuthis sp): 25% of reconstructed biomass), Cranchiidae (Cranchia scabra and Teuthowenia pellucida), Chiroteuthidae (Chiroteuthis veranyi), Brachioteuthidae (Brachioteuthis linkovskyi), Neoteuthidae (Nototeuthis dimegacotyle), Pyroteuthidae (Pyroteuthis margaritifera) and Sepiolidae (Heteroteuthis sp.). Collection and analysis of biological material from Pygmy Sperm Whale strandings around Australia should be a high priority to better understand the ecology of this poorly known species. |
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Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogin breiJiceps) stranding record in Tasmania, Australia, and diet of a single specimen |
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Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogin breiJiceps) stranding record in Tasmania, Australia, and diet of a single specimen |
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Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogin breiJiceps) stranding record in Tasmania, Australia, and diet of a single specimen |
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Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogin breiJiceps) stranding record in Tasmania, Australia, and diet of a single specimen |
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Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogin breiJiceps) stranding record in Tasmania, Australia, and diet of a single specimen |
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https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22576/7/2012-%20Beasley.pdf Beasley, I, Cherel, Y, Robinson, Sue, Betty, E and Gales, R 2013 , 'Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogin breiJiceps) stranding record in Tasmania, Australia, and diet of a single specimen' , Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, vol. 147 , pp. 25-31 , doi:10.26749/rstpp.147.25 <http://dx.doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.147.25>. |
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