Abstract
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Highlights
Due to the challenges of obtaining these data from live beaked whales, strandings represent a crucial source of information for northern bottlenose whales (NBWs) and beaked whale research (Tucker, Santos, Crocetti, & Butcher, 2018), by advancing our knowledge of health, population threats, and species biology (Evans & England, 2001; Geraci & Lounsbury, 2005; Jepson et al, 2016)
The events in north Iceland were contemporary with an unusual mortality event (UME; Marine Mammal Protection Act of the United States, 16 U.S.C. 1421h) of up to 100 beaked whales across the Northeast Atlantic in 2018
NBWs were observed in Skjálfandi Bay, Iceland, from vessel- and land-based platforms, and sightings were opportunistically collected from multiple sources
Summary
Due to the challenges of obtaining these data from live beaked whales, strandings represent a crucial source of information for NBW and beaked whale research (Tucker, Santos, Crocetti, & Butcher, 2018), by advancing our knowledge of health, population threats, and species biology (Evans & England, 2001; Geraci & Lounsbury, 2005; Jepson et al, 2016). NBWs were observed in Skjálfandi Bay, Iceland, from vessel- and land-based platforms, and sightings were opportunistically collected from multiple sources.
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