Southern right whales Eubalaena australis still growing but at adecelerated speed

CRESPO, ENRIQUE A; PEDRAZA, SUSANA N; DANS, SILVANA L; COSCARELLA, MARIANO; SVENDSEN, GUILLERMO M; DEGRATI, MARIANA

Workshop; Meeting of the IWC Scientific Committee; 2018

The objectives of this work were: 1) to estimate the relative abundance of southern right whales (SRW) (Eubalaena australis) in the Península Valdés (Argentina), 2) to estimate the rate of increase in the area, 3) evaluate changes in the use of the coastal zone by age and sex classes throughout time, 4) evaluate the trend of mortality rates.