A review of marine mammal records of Cuba

Autor:	Dagmar Fertl, Amy D. Whitt, Thomas Jefferson, Miriam Blanco, Deanna Rees
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Fishery Bycatch Baleen Marine mammal biology Ecology biology.animal Trichechus manatus Manatee Monachus tropicalis Exclusive economic zone biology.organism_classification Bottlenose dolphin
Zdroj:	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals. 9:65-122
ISSN:	2236-1057 1676-7497
DOI:	10.5597/lajam00175
Popis:	There has been very little research on marine mammals in Cuban waters. Much of the information on marine mammals in this region is buried in historical and gray literature. In order to provide a comprehensive account of marine mammal occurrence in Cuba’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), we reviewed and verified 659 published and unpublished sighting, stranding, capture, and tagging records. Eighteen extant species and four genera have confirmed records for Cuban EEZ waters. This includes 17 species of cetaceans (three baleen whales and 14 toothed whales) and one sirenian species. An additional 11 cetacean species and one extant pinniped species have been reported, but not confirmed, or may have the potential to occur in Cuban waters. Historical records of the Caribbean monk seal (Monachus tropicalis) are documented in Cuba; however, this species is now considered extinct. The only two species that are seen regularly and considered common in Cuban nearshore waters are the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus).
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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