Dear list,
My co-authors and I are very pleased to announce the publication of our recent
article in Marine Mammal Science, Early View:
David M. Donnelly, Paul Ensor, Peter Gill, Rohan H. Clarke, Karen Evans,
Michael C. Double, Trudi Webster, Will Rayment and Natalie T. SchmittNew
diagnostic descriptions and distribution information for Shepherd's beaked
whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi) off Southern Australia and New ZealandVersion of
Record online : 10 FEB 2018, DOI: 10.1111/mms.12478
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.12478/full
Abstract:Shepherd’s beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi), is amongst the most
poorly understood of all mammals and is one of the least known cetaceans
globally. Prior to 2006, there had been no validated vessel-based at-sea
sightings of this species and subsequently there has been a paucity of detailed
descriptive data on the external morphology of live specimens. Offshore
vessel-based surveys between May 2008 and February 2017, in the region of
southern Australia and New Zealand, presented rare opportunistic sightings of
free-swimming Shepherd’s beaked whale. Here we present relevant data pertaining
to the first detailed morphological description of live Shepherd’s beaked whale
using first-hand accounts gathered from eighteen validated field observations
of the species.
Queries regarding this publication may be directed to
killerwhalesaustra...@gmail.com Regards,David David Donnelly
Marine Wildlife ConsultantManager: Killer Whales Australia
Victoria, Australia.
Mobile +61 401 011 022
Email ddonnel...@yahoo.com.au
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