Identification catalog and field guide for transient (Bigg’s) killer whales of Monterey Bay and California waters

Details

• Personal Author:
  McInnes, J.D. ; Mathieson, C.R. ; West-Stap, P.J. ; Marcos, S.L. ; Wade, V.L. ; Moore, Jeffrey E. ; Mesnick, Sarah L. ; Dill, Lawrence M.
• Corporate Authors:
  Southwest Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SWFSC (Southwest Fisheries Science Center)
• Description:
  From May 2006 to April 2020 Marine Life Studies and the Transient Killer Whale Research Project have collected data and photographs of killer whales in Monterey Bay and the surrounding waters of California. Here we provide information on our research findings, natural history, and a compilation of 134 different individual transient killer whales photographed during our surveys.
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/0q3f-1812
• Format:
  PDF
• Document Type:
  Catalog
• Place as Subject:
  Monterey Bay (Calif.) ; Pacific Coast (Calif.)
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/49077/noaa_49077_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 98.36 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ccc43a2b6ca4b2b8a36ea2af7764fda9cb764e2afae5e37dc8ec3bf1275015e9