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   First record of Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville 1817) from continental East Africa

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: S Valle --- Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin, Italy

   Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris is one of the most widely distributed members of the family Ziphiidae (the beaked whales). However, its exact distribution in many parts of the world remains unknown. On 24 November 2004, the partly skeletonised carcass...

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   An acoustic survey of beaked whale distribution at São Tomé and Príncipe, Gulf of Guinea, using an unmanned surface vessel

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: C Pierpoint --- , United Kingdom E Oliver --- , United Kingdom L Scala --- , United Kingdom D Hedgeland --- , United Kingdom

   The first records of beaked whales, including Cuvier’s beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris, are reported from an acoustic baseline survey in the territorial waters of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, Gulf of Guinea, West Africa. The survey was...

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