Vol. 7: North Atlantic Sightings Surveys: Counting whales in the North Atlantic, 1987-2001

Scientific Editors: Christina Lockyer and Daniel Pike

Series Editor: Mario Acquarone

Cover Photo: Lars Witting

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7557/3.7

Published: 2013-10-22

Volume Preface

Preface

Mario Acquarone

3
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Volume Introduction

Introduction

Daniel G Pike

7-18
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Articles

A note on the distribution and abundance of blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) in the Central and Northeast North Atlantic

Daniel G Pike, Gísli A Víkingsson, Thorvaldur Gunnlaugsson, Nils Øien

19-29
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Distribution and abundance of large whales in Norwegian and adjacent waters based on ship surveys 1995-2001

Nils Øien

31-47
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Distribution and abundance of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the Northeast and Central Atlantic as inferred from the North Atlantic Sightings Surveys 1987-2001

Gísli A Víkingsson, Daniel G Pike, Geneviève Desportes, Nils Øien, Thorvaldur Gunnlaugsson, Dorete Bloch

49-72
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Combined line-transect and cue-count estimate of sperm whale abundance in the North Atlantic, from Icelandic NASS-2001 shipboard survey

Thorvaldur Gunnlaugsson, Gisli A Víkingsson, Daniel G Pike

73-80
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Estimates of the abundance of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from Faroese and Icelandic NASS shipboard surveys

Daniel G Pike, Thorvaldur Gunnlaugsson, Gísli A Víkingsson, Geneviève Desportes, Dorete Bloch

81-93
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Minke whale abundance estimation from the NASS 1987 and 2001 aerial cue–counting surveys taking appropriate account of distance estimation errors

David L Borchers, Daniel G Pike, Thorvaldur Gunnlaugsson, Gísli A Víkingsson

95-110
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Distance estimation experiment for aerial minke whale surveys

Lars Witting, Daniel G Pike

111-116
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Trends in the distribution and abundance of cetaceans from aerial surveys in Icelandic coastal waters, 1986-2001

Daniel G Pike, Charles GM Paxton, Thorvaldur Gunnlaugsson, Gísli A Víkingsson

117-142
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Density surface fitting to estimate the abundance of humpback whales based on the NASS-95 and NASS- 2001 aerial and shipboard surveys

Charles GM Paxton, M Louise Burt, Sharon L Hedley, Gísli A Víkingsson, Thorvaldur Gunnlaugsson, Geneviève Desportes

143-160
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The enigmatic whale: the North Atlantic humpback

Tim D Smith, Daniel G Pike

161-178
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Line transects, environmental data and GIS: Cetacean distribution, habitat and prey selection along the Barents Sea shelf edge

Mette Skern-Mauritzen, Hans Julius Skaug, Nils Øien

179-200
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A short review of the distribution of short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in the central and eastern North Atlantic with an abundance estimate for part of this area

Ana Cañadas, Greg P Donovan, Geneviève Desportes, David L Borchers

201-220
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Encountering whales: How encounter rates became the basis for managing whaling

Tim D Smith

221-243
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Vol. 7: North Atlantic Sightings Surveys: Counting whales in the North Atlantic, 1987-2001

Volume Preface

Preface

Volume Introduction

Introduction

Articles

A note on the distribution and abundance of blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) in the Central and Northeast North Atlantic

Distribution and abundance of large whales in Norwegian and adjacent waters based on ship surveys 1995-2001

Distribution and abundance of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the Northeast and Central Atlantic as inferred from the North Atlantic Sightings Surveys 1987-2001

Combined line-transect and cue-count estimate of sperm whale abundance in the North Atlantic, from Icelandic NASS-2001 shipboard survey

Estimates of the abundance of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from Faroese and Icelandic NASS shipboard surveys

Minke whale abundance estimation from the NASS 1987 and 2001 aerial cue–counting surveys taking appropriate account of distance estimation errors

Distance estimation experiment for aerial minke whale surveys

Trends in the distribution and abundance of cetaceans from aerial surveys in Icelandic coastal waters, 1986-2001

Density surface fitting to estimate the abundance of humpback whales based on the NASS-95 and NASS- 2001 aerial and shipboard surveys

The enigmatic whale: the North Atlantic humpback

Line transects, environmental data and GIS: Cetacean distribution, habitat and prey selection along the Barents Sea shelf edge

A short review of the distribution of short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in the central and eastern North Atlantic with an abundance estimate for part of this area

Encountering whales: How encounter rates became the basis for managing whaling

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