Killer whales of the Caribbean Sea 1866-2012

Keywords: Occurrence, Occurrence,Various,Sightings, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1866/2012

Original provider:
CWOP (Caribbean-Wide Orca Project)

Dataset credits:
Bolaños-Jimenez

Abstract:
CWOP is an international cooperative initiative coordinated by Jaime Bolaños (Venezuela), Angiolina Henríquez (Aruba) and Jolanda Luksenburg (The Netherlands) that includes participation of marine mammalogists and researchers working on killer whales in the Caribbean Sea

Purpose:
The purpose of CWOP is centralize, analize and publish all available information on orcas sightings and records in the Caribbean Sea

Supplemental information:
This dataset includes various types of data (sightings from boats and aerial surveys, takes and strandings).
References cited in the dataset:
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<li>Blanco-Domínguez M (2011) Ballenas y Delfines. In: Borroto-Páez R, Mancina CA (eds), Mamíferos en Cuba, UPC Print, Vasa, Finland. </li>
<li>Boisseau O, Leaper R. and Moscrop A. (2006) Observations of small cetaceans in the Eastern Caribbean. Paper SC/58/SM24 presented to the Scientific Committee, 58th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), St Kitts and Nevis.</li>
<li>Bolaños-Jiménez J, Fertl D &amp; Iñíguez M (2009) A note on killer whale (Orcinus orca) occurrence in Venezuelan waters, 1982-2008. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 7: 75–79. </li>
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<li>Caldwell DK &amp; Caldwell MC (1975) Dolphin and small whale fisheries of the Caribbean and West Indies: Occurrence, History, and Catch Statistics — with Special Reference to the Lesser Antillean Island of St. Vincent. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 32: 1105–1110. </li>
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<li>Rinaldi C, Rinaldi R &amp; Sahagian P (2006) Report of surveys conducted on small cetaceans off Guadeloupe 1998-2005. Paper (SC/58/SM17) presented to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission, St Kitts and Nevis, June 2006.</li>
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