Movements and Spatial Use of Odontocetes in the Western Main Hawaiian Islands: Results From Satellite Tagging and Photo-Identification off Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau in July/August 2011
Authors: Baird et al
Year published: 2012
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Although considerable information is available on residency patterns and spatial use of odontocetes in the eastern half of the Hawai‘i Range Complex (HRC), much less is known about odontocetes in the western half of the HRC. In the second year of a three-year effort in the western main Hawaiian Islands we undertook surveys off Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau in July/August 2011, to examine spatial use and residency patterns using satellite tags, to provide visual verification of acoustically-detected odontocetes on the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), and to obtain individual identification photographs and biopsy samples for assessment of population identity and structure.
