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dc.contributor.authorMcLellan, William A.
dc.contributor.authorMcAlarney, Ryan J.
dc.contributor.authorCummings, Erin W.
dc.contributor.authorRead, Andrew J.
dc.contributor.authorPaxton, Charles G. M.
dc.contributor.authorBell, Joel T.
dc.contributor.authorPabst, D. Ann
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-30T00:37:54Z
dc.date.available2019-03-30T00:37:54Z
dc.date.issued2018-03-30
dc.identifier.citationMcLellan , W A , McAlarney , R J , Cummings , E W , Read , A J , Paxton , C G M , Bell , J T & Pabst , D A 2018 , ' Distribution and abundance of beaked whales (Family Ziphiidae) off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, U.S.A. ' , Marine Mammal Science , vol. 34 , no. 4 , pp. 997-1017 . https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12500en
dc.identifier.issn0824-0469
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 252145878
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 545d7225-0416-4632-9b37-4b95a60e657b
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85044598415
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-9350-3197/work/41304414
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000448183700006
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/17400
dc.description.abstractBeaked whales are vulnerable to the impacts of disturbance from several sources of anthropogenic sound. Here we report the distribution and abundance of beaked whales off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA, an area utilized by the U.S. Navy for training exercises, and of particular interest for seismic geophysical surveys. From May 2011 through November 2015, monthly aerial surveys were conducted at the site. Beaked whales were encountered 74 times (n= 205 individuals) during these surveys. Ziphius cavirostris, the most commonly encountered species, was observed in every month of the year. Mesoplodon spp. were encountered in ten months of the year. Photographs of adult males with erupted teeth permitted six sightings to be identified conclusively as M. europaeus; M. mirus was also photographed just outside the study area. Beaked whale surface densities stratified by depth (0.005 – 0.007/km2) were among the highest reported in the world for small ziphiids. A quantitative comparison of sightings and stranding records suggests that strandings do not accurately reflect the relative abundance of beaked whale species in this area. We conclude that Cape Hatteras, at the convergence of the Labrador Current and Gulf Stream, is a particularly important year-round habitat for several species of beaked whales.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofMarine Mammal Scienceen
dc.rights© 2018 Society for Marine Mammalogy. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12500en
dc.subjectBeaked whalesen
dc.subjectCape Hatterasen
dc.subjectZiphius cavirostrisen
dc.subjectMesoplodon-europeusen
dc.subjectMesplodon mirusen
dc.subjectDensitiesen
dc.subjectStrandingsen
dc.subjectQA Mathematicsen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccQAen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.titleDistribution and abundance of beaked whales (Family Ziphiidae) off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, U.S.A.en
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Mathematics and Statisticsen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. St Andrews Sustainability Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modellingen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12500
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2019-03-30


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