More whales Eubalaena australis growing at a decelerated speed

CRESPO, ENRIQUE A; PEDRAZA, SUSANA N; DANS, SILVANA L; COSCARELLA, MARIANO; SVENDSEN, GUILLERMO M; DEGRATI, MARIANA; JUAN C. PEDRAZA; ADRIÁN C. M. SCHIAVINI

San Diego

Workshop; Meeting of the IWC Scientific Committee SC66A.; 2015

IWC

The objectives of this work were: 1) to estimate the relative abundance inthe monitoring zone every year and the rate of increase, 2) to estimate density indeeper waters, 3) to estimate the number of whales moving around PV and calves born throughout the year, and 4) to analyse the mortality trend of calves through time.