Abundance of Cetaceans in the Oceanic Northern Gulf of Mexico from 2003 and 2004 Ship Surveys
Report of minimum abundance estimates of cetacean species in the oceanic northern Gulf of Mexico.
The Gulf of Mexico is a subtropical marginal sea of the western North Atlantic Ocean with a diverse cetacean community. Ship-based, line-transect abundance surveys were conducted in oceanic waters (>200 meters deep) of the northern Gulf of Mexico within U.S. waters (380,432km2) during summer 2003 and spring 2004. Data from these surveys were pooled and minimum abundance estimates were based on 10,933 km of effort and 433 sightings of at least 17 species.
Keith D. Mullin. 2007. Abundance of Cetaceans in the Oceanic Northern Gulf of Mexico from 2003 and 2004 Ship Surveys. Southeast Fisheries Science Center Reference document PBRD-2016-03.