MEBIN- Title
- MMC-00012: Recent Blue Whale Deaths Due to Ship Strikes around Sri Lanka.
- Abstract
Two pygmy blue whales were struck and killed in Sri Lankan waters within a 12-day period in early 2012. The first was found draped on the bow of a container ship in Colombo Harbour on 20 March 2012 and following its disposal 25 km offshore, washed up on a beach 10 km south two days later. The second whale was found floating dead at sea by one of us (TW) on 2 April 2012. As this individual did not strand, no details apart from species and sex are available. The southern coast of Sri Lanka i...
- Publication Date
- Sept. 28, 2017, 1:04 a.m.
- Keywords
- Balaenoptera musculus , Marine Mammal
- Category
- Marine Mammals
- positional information and services. Examples: addresses, geodetic networks, control points, postal zones and services, place names
- Regions
- JS 1 , JS 2 , JS 5 , JS 6 , M 2 , M 3
- Owner
- prds1
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
A. de Vos, T. Wu, and R. L. Brownell, Jr. Recent Blue Whale Deaths Due to Ship Strikes around Sri Lanka.
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