Galápagos sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus): waxing and waning over three decades

• Main Authors: Cantor, Mauricio, Eguiguren, Ana, Merlen, Godfrey, Whitehead, Hal
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2017
• Subjects: Catodon; Pacific; Physeter macrocephalus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/78521; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjz-2016-0266

While population sizes and structures naturally fluctuate over time, rapid within-generation changes are usually driven by habitat quality shifts and/or abrupt mortality. We evaluate how sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus, L. 1758 (=Physeter catodon, L. 1758)) responded to the dynamic habit off th...