Marine Mammals and Megafauna in Irish Waters - Behaviour, Distribution and Habitat Use- WP1 Monitoring Spatial and Temporal Habitat Use and Abundance of Cetaceans.

All cetaceans and their habitats are protected under Irish and international law. The research termed Marine Mammals and Megafauna in Irish Waters – behaviour, distribution and habitat use was delivered under six Work Packages. Cetacean line transect surveys were conducted under Work Package 1 with the following goals: 1. Providing a baseline cetacean distribution and relative abundance data set for the Irish EEZ; 2. Filling spatial and temporal gaps identified in cetacean survey effort within the EEZ; 3. Preparing an Atlas of cetacean distribution and relative abundance for Irish waters; 4. Assessing the temporal use of marine habitats by cetaceans in Irish waters.

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10793/869

Description

*Work Package Leader: Dave Wall, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology *Project Partners: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group *Authors: Wall, D. *Surveyors: Dave Wall, Joanne O’Brien, Laura Kavanagh, Conor Ryan, Lucy Hunt and Shay Fennelly *Project Duration: 01 February 2008 to 31 August 2011

Citation

Wall, D. (Marine Institute, 2013). Marine Mammals and Megafauna in Irish Waters - Behaviour, Distribution and Habitat Use- WP1 Monitoring Spatial and Temporal Habitat Use and Abundance of Cetaceans.Marine Research Sub-Programme (NDP 2007-’13), PBA/ME/07/005(02).