Dear Marmamers,
I´d like to inform you about a recent published article about the distribution
of southern right whales nearby the Magellan Strait. Please, feel free to
request pdf copies from the authors at the address below.
Belgrano J., M. Iñíguez, J. Gibbons, C. García & C. Olavarría. 2008. South-west
Atlantic right whales distribution nearby the Magellan Strait. Anales del
Instituto de la Patagonia (Chile) 36 (2): 69-74
In this note we review the distribution of southern right whales in the area
nearby the eastern entrance to the Magellan Strait, including Argentina and
Chilean waters, including reported and unreported records from the nearby
province of Santa Cruz, Argentina (Iñíguez et al. 2003) and the southern
Chilean fjords (Gibbons et al. 2006) with the aim of examining the local
distribution of the species and its degree of movement across the border
between Argentina and Chilean waters.
In the area of Santa Cruz, Argentina, sightings have been recorded since 1986.
We include here those records nearby Cabo Vírgenes and Punta Dungeness as in
Iñíguez et al. (2003). In the Chilean Patagonian and Fuegian channels and
fjords, extensive surveys for cetaceans have been undertaken between 1997 and
2005 as in Gibbons et al. (2006). Further surveys have been undertaken by the
Centre for Quaternary Research (CEQUA) in the fjords and channels at the
central and western portions of the Magellan Strait, as well as in southern
channels between 2003 and 2008.
Best wishes
Jimena Belgrano
Fundación Cethus
[email protected]
www.cethus.org
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