Presence of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in Mejillones Bay, a major seaport area in northern Chile

In this paper we report the apparently seasonal presence of fin whales in Mejillones Bay (23°S), in northern Chile. We compiled a total of 19 sightings representing 95 whales, including 2 mother-calf pairs, between July and October 2006-2014. We observed groups of 1-10 individuals (mean 5 ± 2.7 ind....

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Autores principales:	Pacheco,Aldo S, Villegas,Viviana K, Riascos,José M, Van Waerebeek,Koen
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar 2015
Materias:	Balaenoptera physalus neritic waters upwelling center seasonality
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-195720150003000172015-10-19Presence of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in Mejillones Bay, a major seaport area in northern ChilePacheco,Aldo SVillegas,Viviana KRiascos,José MVan Waerebeek,Koen Balaenoptera physalus neritic waters upwelling center seasonality In this paper we report the apparently seasonal presence of fin whales in Mejillones Bay (23°S), in northern Chile. We compiled a total of 19 sightings representing 95 whales, including 2 mother-calf pairs, between July and October 2006-2014. We observed groups of 1-10 individuals (mean 5 ± 2.7 ind.) principally in nearshore waters, 30-1000 m off the southwestern tip of Mejillones Bay in austral winter/spring. Fin whales came close to, and potentially overlapped with, the main port access routes of large cargo vessels. Information from real-time monitoring of whale presence relayed to Port Authorities is suggested as to avoid collisions.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del MarRevista de biología marina y oceanografía v.50 n.2 20152015-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-19572015000300017en10.4067/S0718-19572015000300017
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description	In this paper we report the apparently seasonal presence of fin whales in Mejillones Bay (23°S), in northern Chile. We compiled a total of 19 sightings representing 95 whales, including 2 mother-calf pairs, between July and October 2006-2014. We observed groups of 1-10 individuals (mean 5 ± 2.7 ind.) principally in nearshore waters, 30-1000 m off the southwestern tip of Mejillones Bay in austral winter/spring. Fin whales came close to, and potentially overlapped with, the main port access routes of large cargo vessels. Information from real-time monitoring of whale presence relayed to Port Authorities is suggested as to avoid collisions.
author	Pacheco,Aldo S Villegas,Viviana K Riascos,José M Van Waerebeek,Koen
author_facet	Pacheco,Aldo S Villegas,Viviana K Riascos,José M Van Waerebeek,Koen
author_sort	Pacheco,Aldo S
title	Presence of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in Mejillones Bay, a major seaport area in northern Chile
title_short	Presence of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in Mejillones Bay, a major seaport area in northern Chile
title_full	Presence of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in Mejillones Bay, a major seaport area in northern Chile
title_fullStr	Presence of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in Mejillones Bay, a major seaport area in northern Chile
title_full_unstemmed	Presence of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in Mejillones Bay, a major seaport area in northern Chile
title_sort	presence of fin whales (balaenoptera physalus) in mejillones bay, a major seaport area in northern chile
publisher	Universidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar
publishDate	2015
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-19572015000300017
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Presence of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in Mejillones Bay, a major seaport area in northern Chile

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