Estimates of large whale abundance in West Greenland waters from an aerial survey in 2005

• Main Authors: Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Borchers, D. L., Witting, L., Laidre, K. L., Simon, M. J., Rosing-Asvid, A., Pike, D. G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Abundance estimate; Common minke whale; Cue counting; Distribution; Fin whale; g(0); Humpback whale; Northern hemisphere; School size; Survey-Aerial; Survey-Vessel; Greenland; Store Hellefiske Bank; Balaenoptera physalus; Cape Farewell; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; minke whale
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/estimates-of-large-whale-abundance-in-west-greenland-waters-from-an-aerial-survey-in-2005(a6a70c87-e821-4f96-ad54-4d89851de419).html; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=67649516185&partnerID=8YFLogxK

An aerial line transect and cue counting survey of large whales in West Greenland was conducted in August and September 2005. The survey covered the area between Cape Farewell and Disko Island on the West Greenland coast out to the 200m depth contour. The surveyed area covered 163,574km 2 and a tota...