On the presence of humpback whales in the Persian Gulf: rare or rarely documented? Report of the IWC Scientific Committee Meeting SC/67A/CMP/14, Bled, Slovenia, May 2017

We critically review the evidence for humpback whale presence in the Persian Gulf. Five specimen records, assumed to belong to the endangered Arabian Sea population, are confirmed in the period 1883- 2017: Bassore Bay, Iraq; Doha, Qatar; Kuwait Inner harbour, Kuwait; Qeshm Island, Iran; and Akhtar,...

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Main Authors: Hashem Dakhteh, S.M., Ranjbar, S., Moazeni, M., Mohsenian, N., Delshab, H., Moshiri, H., Van Waerebeek, K.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Zoogeography
Megaptera novaeangliae
Inner Harbour
Humpback Whale
Online Access:https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/301859.pdf

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