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TI Distribution, encounter rates, and habitat characteristics of toothed cetaceans in the Bay of Biscay and adjacent waters from platform-of-opportunity data
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AF KISZKA, Jeremy
   MACLEOD, Kelly
   VAN CANNEYT, Olivier
   WALKER, Dylan
   RIDOUX, Vincent
AS 1:1,2;2:3;3:1;4:3;5:1,2,4;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;
C1 Univ La Rochelle, Ctr Rech Mammiferes Marins, F-17071 La Rochelle, France.
   Univ La Rochelle, IFREMER, CNRS, UMR 6217,Ctr Rech Ecosyst Littoraux Anthropises, F-17071 La Rochelle, France.
   Org Cetacea, Baydon SN8 2JQ, Wilts, England.
C2 CRMM, FRANCE
   UNIV LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE
   ORG CETACEA, UK
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI UNIV-FRANCAISE
SE PDG-DOP-DCN-AGSAE-CRELA
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-europe
   copubli-univ-france
IF 1.934
TC 72
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3018.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Toothed cetaceans;Platforms of opportunity;Habitat characteristics;English Channel;Encounter rate;Distribution;Bay of Biscay;Bathymetric preference
AB Data on the distribution and habitat utilization of oceanic marine mammals are difficult to collect and yet such information is beneficial for many conservation and management purposes. Data collected during ferry-based cetacean surveys in the English Channel and Bay of Biscay between 1998 and 2002 were analysed to investigate the distribution, encounter rate, and habitat characteristics of toothed cetaceans there. In all, 17 873 nautical miles were surveyed, and 1008 encounters of 13 identified species, including delphinids, ziphiids, harbour porpoise, and sperm whale, were recorded. The common dolphin was the commonest species, followed in decreasing occurrence by striped and bottlenose dolphins, pilot whale, harbour porpoise, Cuvier's beaked whale, and sperm whales. The distribution of harbour porpoises was restricted to the shallow waters of the western English Channel. Common and bottlenose dolphins were distributed mainly over the continental shelf, although there were some encounters along the shelf edge and in the open ocean. Striped dolphins and pilot whales were sighted in oceanic waters in the central and southern Bay of Biscay. Cuvier's beaked whales and sperm whales were recorded in the deep oceanic waters of the southern Bay of Biscay. Bathymetry clearly plays a significant role in the distribution and habitat partitioning of toothed cetaceans in the region.
PY 2007
PD JUN
SO ICES Journal of Marine Science
SN 1054-3139
PU Oxford university press
VL 64
IS 5
UT 000247991500020
BP 1033
EP 1043
DI 10.1093/icesjms/fsm067
ID 3018
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