What is it about?
we investigate habitat preference of two deep-diving cetacean species in the northwestern Mediterranean, the sperm whale and the cuvier's beaked whale. We propose a novel GIS method to outline submairine canyon axis which help understanding species prefernces towards these topographic structures.
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Why is it important?
in this paper a big daset about sperm whale and Cuvier's beaked whale sighitng data re presented. Moreover, this is the first time that submarine strucutres are outlined in detail allowing for a deeper understanding of species preferences in the area
Perspectives
This work is part of my PhD thesis. I am particularly happy with this results as the data used come from not-dedicated research. The definition of a strict work-flow allowed me to use such dataset facing all the possible bias. It is particularly important to show how whale watching data can be usueful in the study of species which are very difficult to study even with dedicated research, such as beaked whales.
Dr Paola Tepsich
CIMA Research Foundation
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This page is a summary of: Habitat preferences of two deep-diving cetacean species in the northern Ligurian Sea, Marine Ecology Progress Series, August 2014, Inter-Research Science Center,
DOI: 10.3354/meps10851.
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