Cetacean abundance and distribution in European Atlantic shelf waters to inform conservation and management

The European Union (EU) Habitats Directive requires Member States to monitor and maintain at favourable conservation status those species identified to be in need of protection, including all cetaceans. In July 2005 we surveyed the entire EU Atlantic continental shelf to generate robust estimates of...

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Published in:Biological Conservation
Main Authors: Hammond, P.S., Macleod, K., Berggren, P., Leopold, M.F., Scheidat, M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Bottlenose dolphin
Bycatch
Common dolphin
Conservation status
Habitats Directive
Harbour porpoise
Line transect sampling
Minke whale
North Sea
SCANS
White-beaked dolphin
minke whale
Online Access:https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/cetacean-abundance-and-distribution-in-european-atlantic-shelf-wa
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2013.04.010
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Summary:The European Union (EU) Habitats Directive requires Member States to monitor and maintain at favourable conservation status those species identified to be in need of protection, including all cetaceans. In July 2005 we surveyed the entire EU Atlantic continental shelf to generate robust estimates of abundance for harbour porpoise and other cetacean species. The survey used line transect sampling methods and purpose built data collection equipment designed to minimise bias in estimates of abundance. Shipboard transects covered 19,725 km in sea conditions

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