Pygmy Killer Whale Distribution

Cascadia Research Collective (CRC) has been undertaking surveys for odontocetes in Hawaiian waters since 2000. Pygmy killer whales are one of the least abundant odontocetes in Hawaiian waters. Photo-identification and satellite tagging suggests there are small resident populations of pygmy killer whales off several of the main Hawaiian Islands.

Dr. Joseph Mobley of the Marine Mammal Research Consultants (MMRC) led aerial surveys for cetaceans in Hawaiian waters from 1993-2003.

Photo: ©Robin Baird/www.cascadiaresearch.org

source:

• WMS GetCapabilities
• WFS GetCapabilities
• Shapefile

info:

• Cascadia Research Collective (CRC)
• Baird et al. 2013 (PDF)
• Baird et al. 2013 (PDF)
• Baird et al. 2011 (PDF)
• McSweeney et al. 2009 (PDF)