Email this article Encounters with the Cuvier’s beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 (Cetacea: Ziphiidae), in waters off eastern Kamchatka and the Commander Islands
- Authors: Fomin S.V.1, Ryazanov S.D.2, Usatov I.A.1, Burkanov V.N.1,3
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Affiliations:
- Kamchatka Branch, Pacific Geographical Institute, Far Eastern Branch
- Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch
- Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
- Issue: Vol 43, No 3 (2017)
- Pages: 245-248
- Section: Brief Communications
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/1063-0740/article/view/183983
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S106307401703004X
- ID: 183983
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Abstract
The biology of the Cuvier’s beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823, in Russian waters remains almost unstudied. The species is encountered rarely elsewhere in the seas of Russia, except for the waters off the Commander Islands. Currently, some researchers express doubt about the accuracy of the known Cuvier’s beaked whale records in the region. This report provides information on the confirmed encounters with Cuvier’s beaked whale off the Commander Islands and eastern Kamchatka.
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S. V. Fomin
Kamchatka Branch, Pacific Geographical Institute, Far Eastern Branch
Email: ryazanovssl@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 683000
S. D. Ryazanov
Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch
Author for correspondence.
Email: ryazanovssl@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Vladivostok, 690041
I. A. Usatov
Kamchatka Branch, Pacific Geographical Institute, Far Eastern Branch
Email: ryazanovssl@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 683000
V. N. Burkanov
Kamchatka Branch, Pacific Geographical Institute, Far Eastern Branch; Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Email: ryazanovssl@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 683000; Seattle, WA, 98115-6349
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