Long range movements of a blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) between the Gulf of St. Lawrence and West Greenland

Abstract:

JonsgHrd (1 966) reviewed the distribution of the blue whale (Balaenoptera musczllus) in the North Atlantic. In the western North Atlantic the species is known from West Greenland (Davis Strait), southwest Iceland (Denmark Strait) (Ingebrigtsen 1929, Jonsgdrd 1955), and eastern Canada Uonsgdrd 1955, 1966). Little is known of the winter distribution but occasional sightingdstrandings have been reported from as far south as the Caribbean (Harmer 1923) and the Gulf of Mexico (Baughman 1946, Lowery 1974).

Sears, R. and F. Larsen. 2002. Long range movements of a blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) between the Gulf of St. Lawrence and West Greenland. Marine Mammal Science 18:281-285.
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