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| Andriolo,Artur; Rocha,Jesuina M. da; Zerbini,Alexandre N.; Simões-Lopes,Paulo C.; Moreno,Ignacio B.; Lucena,Alineide; Danilewicz,Daniel; Bassoi,Manuela. |
| Ship-based sighting surveys for cetaceans were conducted in the former whaling ground off the northeastern coast of Brazil. The cruises took place in winter and spring of 1998-2001 with the objectives of investigating current distribution and abundance of cetaceans, particularly large whale species taken during whaling. In 1998 the survey were conducted between the parallels 5°30'W and 9°S and the 200 m isobath and the meridian 033°W. A total of about 3,100 nm were surveyed between 1998 and 2001 Surveys were conducted using line transect methods from about 5-10°S, and from the coast to 33°W. A total of 151 sightings (203 individuals) of large whales were recorded on effort. The Antarctic minke whale - Balaenoptera bonaerensis (Burmeister, 1867) was the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Bryde's whale; Minke whale; Sei whale; Sperm whale; South Atlantic. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702010000500011 |
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