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Gendron, D. & M., Mercuri
(2014).
The Baja California Peninsula west coast: a transitional zone between breeding and feeding grounds for migrating whales and seasonal feeding habitat for other cetaceans.
E.V., Wehncke, J.R., Lara-Lara, S., Álvarez-Borrego & E., Ezcurra (Eds.),
UC Institute for Mexico and the United States. Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recusos Naturales (Ed.), Conservation Science in Mexico's Northwest. Ecosystem Status and Trends in the Gulf of California.
pp.221-236.
The Baja California Peninsula west coast: a transitional zone between breeding and feeding grounds for migrating whales and seasonal feeding habitat for other cetaceans
Diane Gendron y Milena Mercuri
The coastal area of the Baja California west coast is known as an important area for all migrating whales since the early whaling period. This area represents a migrating corridor and also serves as breeding and feeding area for several species of cetaceans. While the coastal habitat is relatively non developed and still provides a good quality habitat for cetaceans, it should be protected from gillnet fishing at least seasonally. A seasonal rhythm of cetacean stranding was associated with natural processes occurring within the ecosystem with higher incidences in the late spring and early summer months, coinciding with the seasonality of the highest rates of net primary production in the area. Regulation of whale-watching should be promoted particularly in non-protected coastal areas along the Baja California Peninsula.
Palabras clave: Distribution; Coryphaena hippurus; Baja California west coast; whaling; cetacean stranding; anthropological impact.
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