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Occurrence of Omura’s whale, Balaenoptera omurai (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae), in the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean based on Passive Acoustic Monitoring

Authors :
Alexey Sukhovich
Marcia Maia
Jean-Yves Royer
Sérgio C. Moreira
Renata S. Sousa-Lima
Marcelo Weksler
Milton C C Marcondes
Salvatore Cerchio
Museu Nacional de Historia Natural
<span class='valid'>Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte [Natal] <span class='acronym'>UFRN</span></span> (UFRN)
Laboratoire Géosciences Océan (LGO)
Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM)
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Instituto Baleia Jubarte (IBJ)
Instituto Owaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
Maia, Marcia
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer - Brest (IFREMER Centre de Bretagne)
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Source :
Journal of Mammalogy, Journal of Mammalogy, American Society of Mammalogists, 2020, 101 (6), pp.1727-1735, Journal Of Mammalogy (0022-2372) (Oxford University Press (OUP)), 2020-12, Vol. 101, N. 6, P. 1727-1735
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020.

Abstract

The current known distribution of Omura’s whale includes the tropical and warm temperate waters of the western Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans. Evidence of their presence in the Atlantic Ocean is based on beach cast specimens found on the coasts of Mauritania (North Atlantic) and Northeastern Brazil (South Atlantic). The present study characterizes the occurrence of this species in the S&#227;o Pedro and S&#227;o Paulo Archipelago (SPSPA), on the mid-Atlantic ridge between South America and Africa, based on autonomous recording systems. Acoustic signals were similar, but not identical, to B. omurai vocalizations recorded off the coast of Madagascar. Although these signals were recorded for only 11 months, there are peaks in vocal activity between May and June in the vicinities of SPSPA, suggesting either a shift in distribution within the Atlantic equatorial waters or seasonality in the species’ vocal behavior in this region. The first acoustic records of Omura’s whales in the Equatorial Atlantic suggest that these animals may also use deep-water habitats, in addition to the shallow-water habitat use observed in other regions.&lt;br /&gt;A atual distribui&#231;&#227;o conhecida da baleia-de-Omura (Balaenoptera omurai) inclui as &#225;guas tropicais e temperadas quentes dos oceanos Pac&#237;fico ocidental, &#205;ndico e Atl&#226;ntico. A evid&#234;ncia de sua presen&#231;a no oceano Atl&#226;ntico baseia-se em esp&#233;cimes encalhados encontrados em praias da Maurit&#226;nia (Atl&#226;ntico Norte) e do Nordeste do Brasil (Atl&#226;ntico Sul). O presente estudo caracteriza a ocorr&#234;ncia dessa esp&#233;cie no Arquip&#233;lago de S&#227;o Pedro e S&#227;o Paulo (ASPSP), localizado sobre a Dorsal Mesoatl&#226;ntica entre a Am&#233;rica do Sul e a &#193;frica, com base em sistemas de monitoramento ac&#250;stico passivo. Os sinais ac&#250;sticos detectados foram similares, mas n&#227;o id&#234;nticos, &#224;s vocaliza&#231;&#245;es de B. omurai gravadas na costa de Madagascar. Embora esses sinais tenham sido registrados por apenas 11 meses, h&#225; picos na atividade vocal entre maio e junho nas proximidades do ASPSP, sugerindo uma mudan&#231;a na distribui&#231;&#227;o da esp&#233;cie nas &#225;guas equatoriais do Atl&#226;ntico ou uma sazonalidade no comportamento vocal nessa regi&#227;o. Os primeiros registros ac&#250;sticos das baleias-de-Omura no Atl&#226;ntico Equatorial sugerem que esses animais tamb&#233;m podem utilizar habitats de &#225;guas profundas, al&#233;m de habitats de &#225;guas rasas como observado em outras regi&#245;es.

Details

ISSN :
15451542 and 00222372
Volume :
101
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Mammalogy
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....ea9a5ba83060a600d8f93fc486380cfd
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa130