SIMoN
Special Status Species
SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES: SPERM WHALE (Physeter macrocephalus) RESOURCES
 

Non-Cited References

Baker CS, Lento GM, Cipriano F, Dalebout ML, Palumbi SR (2000) Scientific whaling: Source of illegal products for market? Science 290:1695-1696

Barlow J, Taylor BT (2005) Estimates of sperm whale abundance in the northeastern temperate Pacific from a combined acoustic and visual survey.  Marine Mammal Science 21(3):429-445.

Bowles AE, Smultea M, Würsig B, DeMaster DP, Palka D (1994) Relative abundance and behavior of marine mammals exposed to transmissions from the Heard Island Feasibility Test. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 96:2469-2484

Clapham PJ, Leatherwood S, Szczepaniak I, Brownell RL, Jr. (1997) Catches of humpback and other whales from shore stations at Moss Landing and Trinidad, California, 1919-1926. Marine Mammal Science 13:368-394

Costa DP, Crocker DE, Waples DM, Webb PM, Gedamke J, Houser D, Goley PD, Le Boeuf B, Calambokidis J (1998) The California Marine Mammal Research Program of the Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate experiment. Potential effects of low frequency sound on distribution and behavior of marine mammals. In: Magoon OR, Converse H, Baird B, Miller-Henson M (eds) Taking a Look at California's Ocean Resources: An Agenda for the Future, Vol 2. ASCE, Reston, VA, p 1542-1553

Gregr EJ, Trites AW (2001) Predictions of critical habitat for five whale species in the waters of coastal British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 58:1265–1285. http://www.marinemammal.org/pdfs/MMRU/GregrTrites2001.pdf

Jaquet N, Gendron D, Coakes A (2003) Sperm whales in the Gulf of California: Residency, movements, behavior, and the possible influence of variation in food supply. Marine Mammal Science 19:545-562

Mellinger DK, Stafford KM, Fox CG (2004) Seasonal occurrence of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) sounds in the Gulf of Alaska, 1999-2001. Marine Mammal Science 20:48-62.

Reeves RR, Smith BD, Crespo EA, di Sciara GN (2003) Dolphins, Whales and Porpoises: 2002-2010 Conservation Action Plan for the World's Cetaceans. IUCN/SSC Cetacean Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Reeves RR, Whitehead H (1997) Status of the sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, in Canada. Canadian Field-Naturalist 111:293-307


Website Links

American Cetacean Society, Cetacean Fact Packs.  http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/

Cetacean Research Technology, Underwater Recordings.  http://www.cetaceanresearch.com/sounds.html

David's Whale & Dolphin Watch, Sounds of whales and dolphins, Sperm Whale.  http://neptune.atlantis-intl.com/dolphins/sounds.html

International Whaling Commission (IWC), Lives of Whales.  http://www.iwcoffice.org/conservation/lives.htm

Marine Physical Laboratory, Whale Acoustics, Sound Library.  http://cetus.ucsd.edu/sounds.html

National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Cetaceans Photo Gallery. http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/nmml/gallery/cetaceans/

NOAA, Office of Protected Resources, Stock Assessment Reports.  http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot_res/PR2/Stock_Assessment_Program/sars.html

NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Protected Resources Division Image Gallery.  http://swfsc.noaa.gov/textblock.aspx?Division=PRD&ParentMenuId=147&id=6968

NOAA Office of Protected Resources, Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program.  http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot_res/PR2/Health_and_Stranding_Response_Program/mmhsrp.html

NOAA Office of Protected Resources, Take Reduction Teams.  http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot_res/PR2/Fisheries_Interactions/TRT.htm#PacificOffshoreTRT

OceanFootage.com, Whale Stock Footage.  http://www.oceanfootage.com/whale_stock_footage.htm

Phillip Colla Photography, Whale and Dolphin Photographs -- Underwater, Aerial and Topside.  http://www.oceanlight.com/html/cetaceans.html

WhaleNet, Movie Collection.  http://whale.wheelock.edu/movies/

Witness for the Whales, DNA Surveillance, Species identification with DNA.  http://www.cebl.auckland.ac.nz:9000/page/whales/title


Maps
Figure 1
FIGURE 1. The geographic range of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). (from http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/spermwhl.htm)

Figure 2
FIGURE 2. Sightings of Sperm whales based on aerial and shipboard surveys off California, Oregon and Washington, 1991-2001. Dashed line represents the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ); bold line indicates the outer boundary of all surveys combined (reprinted from Carretta et al. 2005; see Appendix 2 of that report for actual transect lines surveyed).

Images
Sperm whale fluke

Aerial view of sperm whale



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