Depredating sperm whales in the Gulf of Alaska: local habitat use and long distance movements across putative population boundaries
Satellite tags were attached to 10 sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus (1 whale was tagged in 2 different years) to determine the movements of sperm whales involved in removal of sablefish from longline fishing gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). Tags transmitted from 3 to 34 d (median = 22) in 2007 a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Inter-Research
2014-05-01
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Series: | Endangered Species Research |
Online Access: | https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v24/n2/p125-135/ |