Movements of satellite-tagged Blainville's beaked whales off the island of Hawai'i

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 203-213

  Schorr, Gregory S ^a   Baird, Robin W ^a   Bradley Hanson, M ^b   Webster, Daniel L ^a   McSweeney, Daniel J ^c   Andrews, Russel D ^d,e  

^a CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Wild Whale Research Foundation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Argos; Beaked whale; Mesoplodon densirostris; Mid frequency active sonar; Satellite tracking; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT USE; LOGISTICS; MOVEMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SITE FIDELITY; SONAR; TRACKING; WHALE;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; MESOPLODON DENSIROSTRIS; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 77952303753     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00229     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Andrews RD, Pitman RL, Balance LT (2008) Satellite tracking reveals distinct movement patterns for Type B and Type C killer whales in the southern Ross Sea, Antarctica. Polar Biol 31:1461-1468
2. Anonymous (2008) Hawai'i Range Complex Final Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (May 2008). United States Navy, Kekaha, HI. Available at: www.govsupport.us/navynepahawaii/FEIS.aspx (accessed in January 2009)
3. Baird RW, Webster DL, McSweeney DJ, Ligon AD, Schorr GS, Barlow J (2006) Diving behaviour of Cuvier's (Ziphius cavirostris) and Blainville's (Mesoplodon densirostris) beaked whales in Hawai'i. Can J Zool 84:1120-1128
4. Baird RW, Webster DL, McSweeney DJ, Schorr GS, Barlow J (2008a) Diel variation in beaked whale diving behavior. Mar Mamm Sci 24:630-642
5. Baird RW, Webster DL, Mahaffy SD, McSweeney DJ, Schorr GS, Ligon AD (2008b) Site fidelity and association patterns in a deep-water dolphin: rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Mar Mamm Sci 24:535-553
6. Baird RW, Gorgone AM, McSweeney DJ, Webster DL and others (2008c) False killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) around the main Hawaiian Islands: long-term site fidelity, inter-island movements, and association patterns. Mar Mamm Sci 24:591-612
7. Baird RW, McSweeney DJ, Schorr GS, Mahaffy SD and others (2009) Studies of beaked whales in Hawaii: population size, movements, trophic ecology, social organization and behaviour. ECS Spec Publ 51:23-25. Available at: www.cascadiaresearch.org/robin/hawaii.htm#pubs
8. Balcomb KC, Claridge DE (2001) A mass stranding of cetaceans caused by naval sonar in the Bahamas. Bahamas J Sci 5:1-12
9. Barlow J (2006) Cetacean abundance in Hawaiian waters estimated from a summer/fall survey in 2002. Mar Mamm Sci 22:446-464
10. Barlow J, Ferguson MC, Perrin WF, Ballance L and others (2006) Abundance and densities of beaked and bottlenose whales (family Ziphiidae). J Cetacean Res Manag 7: 263-270
11. Benoit-Bird KJ, Au WWL (2003) Prey dynamics affect foraging by a pelagic predator (Stenella longirostris) over a range of spatial and temporal scales. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 53:364-373
12. Beyer HL (2004) Hawth's analysis tools for ArcGIS®, Vers. 3.21 [computer program]. Available at: www.spatialecology.com/htools (accessed in September 2008)
13. Bräger S, Dawson SM, Slooten E, Smith S, Stone GS, Yoshinaga A (2002) Site fidelity and along-shore range in Hector's dolphin, an endangered marine dolphin from New Zealand. Biol Conserv 108:281-287
14. Calil PHR, Richards K, Jia Y, Bidigare RR (2008) Eddy activity in the lee of the Hawaiian Islands. Deep-Sea Res II 55:1179-1194
15. Claridge DE (2006) Fine-scale distribution and habitat selection of beaked whales. MSc thesis, University of Aberdeen
16. Cox TM, Ragen TJ, Read AJ, Vos E and others (2006) Understanding the impacts of anthropogenic sound on beaked whales. J Cetacean Res Manag 7:177-187
17. Faerber MM, Baird RW (2007) Does a lack of beaked whale strandings in relation to military exercises mean no impacts have occurred? A comparison of stranding and detection probabilities in the Canary and Hawaiian Islands. In: Abstracts of the 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 29 Nov-3 Dec 2007. Society for Marine Mammalogy, Cape Town
18. Fernández A, Edwards JF, Rodríguez F, Espinosa De Las Monteros A and others (2005) 'Gas and fat embolic syndrome' involving a mass stranding of beaked whales (family Ziphiidae) exposed to anthropogenic sonar signals. Vet Pathol 42:446-457
19. Flament P, Kennan S, Lumpkin R, Sawyer M, Stroup ED (1996) Ocean atlas of Hawaii. University of Hawaii, Manoa. Available at: www.soest.hawaii.edu/hioos/oceanatlas/index.htm (accessed on 15 March 2009)
20. Forney KA, Kobayashi DR (2007) Updated estimates of mortality and injury of cetaceans in the Hawai'i-based longline fishery, 1994-2005. NOAA Tech Mem 412:1-30
21. Harris RB, Fancy SG, Douglas DC, Garner GW, Amstrup SC, McCabe TR, Pank LF (1990) Tracking wildlife by satellite: current systems and performance. US Fish Wildl Tech Rep 30:1-60
22. Heyning JE (1984) Functional morphology involved in intraspecific fighting of the beaked whale, Mesoplodon carlhubbsi. Can J Zool 62:1645-1654
23. Jepson PD, Arbelo M, Deaville R, Patterson IAP and others (2003) Gas-bubble lesions in stranded cetaceans: Was sonar responsible for a spate of whale deaths after an Atlantic military exercise? Nature 425:575-576
24. MacLeod CD, Zuur AF (2005) Habitat utilization by Blainville's beaked whales off Great Abaco, northern Bahamas, in relation to seabed topography. Mar Biol 147:1-11
25. MacLeod CD, Santos MB, Pierce GJ (2003) Review of data on diets of beaked whales: evidence of niche separation and geographic segregation. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 83:651-665
26. Mate BR, Nieukirk SL, Kraus SD (1997) Satellite-monitored movements of the northern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis). J Wildl Manag 61:1393-1405
27. McSweeney DJ, Baird RW, Mahaffy SD (2007) Site fidelity, associations and movements of Cuvier's (Ziphius cavirostris) and Blainville's (Mesoplodon densirostris) beaked whales off the island of Hawai'i. Mar Mamm Sci 23:666-687
28. Mobley JR (2006) Results of 2006 RIMPAC surveys of marine mammals in Kaulakahi and Alenuihaha Channels. In: Hawaii Range Complex Final Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS/OEIS), Vol 5 of 5. United States Navy, Kekaha, HI, p F53-F64. Available at: www.govsupport.us/navynepahawaii/FEIS.aspx (accessed in January 2009)
29. Mobley JR, Spitz SS, Forney KA, Grotefendt R, Forestell PH (2000) Distribution and abundance of odontocete species in Hawaiian waters: preliminary results of 1993-98 aerial surveys. SWFSC administrative report LJ-00-14C, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA
30. Nencioli F, Kuwahara VS, Dickey TD, Rii YM, Bidigare RR (2008) Physical dynamics and biological implications of a mesoscale eddy in the lee of Hawaii: cyclone Opal observations during E-Flux II. Deep-Sea Res II 55:1252-1274
31. Nitta ET, Henderson JR (1993) A review of interactions between Hawaii's fisheries and protected species. Mar Fish Rev 55:83-92
32. Seki PM, Polovina JJ, Brainard RE, Bidigare RR, Leonard CL, Foley DG (2001) Biological enhancement at cyclonic eddies tracked with GEOS thermal imagery in Hawaiian waters. Geophys Res Lett 28:1583-1586
33. Simmonds MP, Lopez-Jurado LF (1991) Whales and the military. Nature 351:448
34. Tyack PL, Johnson M, Soto NA, Sturlese A, Madsen PT (2006) Extreme diving of beaked whales. J Exp Biol 209: 4238-4253
35. Vincent C, McConnell BJ, Ridoux V, Fedak MA (2002) Assessment of Argos location accuracy from satellite tags deployed on captive gray seals. Mar Mamm Sci 18: 156-166
36. Weilgart LS (2007) The impacts of anthropogenic ocean noise on cetaceans and implications for management. Can J Zool 85:1091-1116