Identifying important habitat for northern bottlenose and Sowerby's beaked whales in the western North Atlantic

• Published in: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
• Main Authors: Feyrer, L. J., Stanistreet, J. E., Gomez, C., Adams, M., Lawson, J. W., Ferguson, S. H., Heaslip, S. G., Lefort, K. J., Davidson, E., Hussey, N. E., Whitehead, H., Moors-Murphy, H.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarship at UWindsor 2024
• Subjects: Canada; conservation; Critical Habitat; northern bottlenose whale; passive acoustic monitoring (PAM); Sowerby's beaked whale; species distribution models; The Gully; hyperoodon ampullatus; Mesoplodon bidens; Newfoundland; North Atlantic; Northern bottlenose whale
• Online Access: https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/ibiopub/156; https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4064

Understanding habitat requirements for species at risk is crucial for effective conservation management, even though the location and extent of vital habitats may be unknown for rare or elusive species. In the case of marine species, determining important habitat often relies on limited occurrence d...