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First underwater sighting of Shepherd’s beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi)
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dc.contributor.author | Thompson, Christopher D. H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bouchet, Phil J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Meeuwig, Jessica J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-23T15:30:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-12-23T15:30:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-03-21 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Thompson , C D H , Bouchet , P J & Meeuwig , J J 2019 , ' First underwater sighting of Shepherd’s beaked whale ( Tasmacetus shepherdi ) ' , Marine Biodiversity Records , vol. 12 , 6 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-019-0165-6 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1755-2672 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 264697502 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 90e88c41-64b8-46aa-9d14-4b4efbfb5dae | |
dc.identifier.other | RIS: urn:CB4A4222C46818B48D89D663C604469F | |
dc.identifier.other | RIS: Thompson2019 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-2144-2049/work/66398486 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 85075841404 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/19198 | |
dc.description.abstract | Here we describe the first underwater sighting of Shepherd’s beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi). Two individuals were observed together on video footage obtained via mid-water stereo-Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems (BRUVS) deployed off the coast of Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic. This observation constitutes the first recorded live sighting of this species in the waters of Tristan da Cunha since 2002 and provides further evidence for the persistence of a population of this species in the region. The observed individuals lacked the dark flipper stripe observed in previous descriptions, indicating that the species may exhibit greater variation in pigmentation than previous records indicate. The planned implementation of a marine reserve in the region along with the current low level of fishing pressure and remote location of this archipelago provide a good context to ensure the appropriate management and protection of this rare species. The recent establishment of an ongoing mid-water stereo-BRUVS monitoring programme, in concert with other methods targeted at marine mammals, may yield further information about this little known species and aid in informing management decisions in the future. | |
dc.format.extent | 6 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Marine Biodiversity Records | en |
dc.rights | © The Author(s). 2019. Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. | en |
dc.subject | Tristan da Cunha | en |
dc.subject | South Atlantic | en |
dc.subject | Whale | en |
dc.subject | Cetacean | en |
dc.subject | Pigmentation | en |
dc.subject | BRUVS | en |
dc.subject | Marine reserve | en |
dc.subject | GC Oceanography | en |
dc.subject | QA Mathematics | en |
dc.subject | QH301 Biology | en |
dc.subject | NDAS | en |
dc.subject | SDG 14 - Life Below Water | en |
dc.subject.lcc | GC | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QA | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QH301 | en |
dc.title | First underwater sighting of Shepherd’s beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi) | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Mathematics and Statistics | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-019-0165-6 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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