Marine mammals of the Southeastern United States coast and the Gulf of Mexico

Technical Report · Sun Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6504120

Schmidly, D J

This paper synthesizes all available data and literature about cetaceans and pinnipeds in the region of study. The study area includes the coast and adjacent continental shelf of the United States from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to the Florida Keys; and from the Florida Keys to the United States/Mexico boundary near Port Isabel/Brownsville, Texas. This area contains the warmest water in contact with the contiguous United States including the Florida Straits, the southern Gulf Stream, and other important areas. Because of the extreme mobility of marine organisms, the remainder of the Gulf of Mexico, the northern portions of the Caribbean Sea, and the portions of the South Atlantic extending slightly beyond the 1000-fathom isobath (1830 m) have also been included in the survey.

• Research Organization: Texas A and M Univ., College Station (USA). Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries Science
• OSTI ID: 6504120
• Report Number(s): FWS/OBS-80/41
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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