• DOI:10.1515/mamm.1988.52.1.51
• Corpus ID: 85144528

Overlapping range between Globicephala macrorhynchus and Globicephala melaena in the northeastern Atlantic

@inproceedings{Nores1988OverlappingRB,
  title={Overlapping range between Globicephala macrorhynchus and Globicephala melaena in the northeastern Atlantic},
  author={Carlos Nores and Concepci{\'o}n P{\'e}rez},
  year={1988}
}

• C. Nores, C. Pérez
• Published 1988
• Environmental Science

— Ten Pilot Whales were definitely identified off the coast of Asturias (northern Spain) between 1982 and 1986 ; seven of these belonged to the species Globicephala macrorhynchus. These observations seem to confirm the possibility that the limit of the geographical range of this species is the bay of Biscay, although its relative frequency with respect to Globicephala melaena is much less in these waters. Towards the south, the boreal species descends along the African coast to Mauritania, favoured by the saharian upwelling, whereas the tropical species travels north through warmer pelagic waters.