First underwater sighting of Shepherd’s beaked whale ( Tasmacetus shepherdi )

• Published in: Marine Biodiversity Records
• Main Authors: Thompson, Christopher D. H., Bouchet, Phil J., Meeuwig, Jessica J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Tristan da Cunha; South Atlantic; Whale; Cetacean; Pigmentation; BRUVS; Marine reserve; Inaccessible Island; Stripe; Tristan
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/first-underwater-sighting-of-shepherds-beaked-whale-tasmacetus-shepherdi(90e88c41-64b8-46aa-9d14-4b4efbfb5dae).html; https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-019-0165-6; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/19198/1/Thompson_2019_First_underwater_MBR_12_6_CC.pdf

Here we describe the first underwater sighting of Shepherd’s beaked whale ( Tasmacetus shepherdi) . Two individuals were observed together on video footage obtained via mid-water stereo-Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems (BRUVS) deployed off the coast of Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, in...