Detection of the elusive Dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) using environmental DNA at Malpelo island (Eastern Pacific, Colombia)

Detection of the elusive Dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) using environmental DNA at Malpelo island (Eastern Pacific, Colombia)

Abstract Monitoring large marine mammals is challenging due to their low abundances in general, an ability to move over large distances and wide geographical range sizes. The distribution of the pygmy (Kogia breviceps) and dwarf (Kogia sima) sperm whales is informed by relatively rare sightings, whi...

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Main Authors: Jean‐Baptiste Juhel, Virginie Marques, Andrea Polanco Fernández, Giomar H. Borrero‐Pérez, Maria Mutis Martinezguerra, Alice Valentini, Tony Dejean, Stéphanie Manel, Nicolas Loiseau, Laure Velez, Régis Hocdé, Tom B. Letessier, Eilísh Richards, Florine Hadjadj, Sandra Bessudo, Felipe Ladino, Camille Albouy, David Mouillot, Loïc Pellissier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-04-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
eDNA
megafauna
mobile species
pelagic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7057

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https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7057

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