Cetaceans sighted off the west coast of the South Island, New Zealand, Summer 1970

B. F. Webb

doi:10.15468/4qd8eb

Cetaceans sighted off the west coast of the South Island, New Zealand, Summer 1970

Citation

Webb B F (2020): Cetaceans sighted off the west coast of the South Island, New Zealand, Summer 1970. v1.0. Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node. Dataset/Occurrence. https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=nzwhalesnote1970&v=1.0 https://doi.org/10.15468/4qd8eb accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-03.

Description

Records are presented of sightings of 6 cetacean species (15 common dolphins, Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, over 5000 dusky dolphins, Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray), approximately 74 bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus (Montagu), 8 sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 6 southern humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski), and 36 southern pilot whales. Globicephala melaena edwardii (Smith)) from m.v. Lloret Lopez II between 8 January and 2 April 1970. A large school of dusky dolphins was observed south of Solander Island. Monthly water temperatures in the summer of 1970 were high and in January ranged from 15.4°c (9.2 km west of Fiordland) and 21.6°c (55 km west of Cape Farewell), in February from 16.2°c (Fiordland) and 20.4°c (Cape Farewell), and in March from 16.0°c (Fiordland) and 20.5°c (Cape Farewell).

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Cetaceans (whales and dolphins)

Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Grey)
common name: Dusky dolphin rank: species
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu)
common name: Bottlenose dolphin rank: species
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus
common name: Sperm whale rank: species
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski)
common name: Humpback whale rank: species
Globicephala melas edwardii (Smith)
common name: Southern Pilot whale rank: subspecies
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus
common name: Common dolphin rank: species

Geographic Coverages

West coast of the South Island

Bibliographic Citations

B. F. Webb (1973) Cetaceans sighted off the west coast of the south Island, New Zealand, Summer 1970 (note), , 7:1-2, 179-182 - DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1973.9515465

Contacts

B. F. Webb
originator
position: Researcher
Fisheries Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Wellington
NZ

B. F. Webb
metadata author
position: Researcher
Fisheries Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Wellington
NZ

Kevin Mackay
user
email: kevin.mackay@niwa.co.nz

B. F. Webb
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Fisheries Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Wellington
NZ