Depredating sperm whales in the Gulf of Alaska: local habitat use and long distance movements across putative population boundaries

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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Main Authors: JM Straley, GS Schorr, AM Thode, J Calambokidis, CR Lunsford, EM Chenoweth, VM O’Connell, RD Andrews
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inter-Research 2014-05-01
Series:Endangered Species Research
Online Access:https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v24/n2/p125-135/

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