Killer whales of the Caribbean Sea 1866-2012

Original provider: CWOP (Caribbean-Wide Orca Project) Dataset credits: Bolaños-Jimenez Abstract: CWOP is an international cooperative initiative coordinated by Jaime Bolaños (Venezuela), Angiolina Henríquez (Aruba) and Jolanda Luksenburg (The Netherlands) that includes participation of marine mammalogists and researchers working on killer whales in the Caribbean Sea Purpose: The purpose of CWOP is centralize, analize and publish all available information on orcas sightings and records in the Caribbean Sea Supplemental information: This dataset includes various types of data (sightings from boats and aerial surveys, takes and strandings). References cited in the dataset: Álvarez-León R (2002) Capturas comerciales con palangre en la zona económica exclusiva frente a la Guajira, Caribe de Colombia. Revista de Biología Tropical 50: 227–231. Blanco-Domínguez M (2011) Ballenas y Delfines. In: Borroto-Páez R, Mancina CA (eds), Mamíferos en Cuba, UPC Print, Vasa, Finland. Boisseau O, Leaper R. and Moscrop A. (2006) Observations of small cetaceans in the Eastern Caribbean. Paper SC/58/SM24 presented to the Scientific Committee, 58th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), St Kitts and Nevis.Bolaños-Jiménez J, Fertl D & Iñíguez M (2009) A note on killer whale (Orcinus orca) occurrence in Venezuelan waters, 1982-2008. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 7: 75–79. Caldwell DK & Caldwell MC (1969) Addition of the leatherback sea turtle to the known prey of the killer whale, Orcinus orca. Journal of Mammalogy 50: 636. Caldwell DK & Caldwell MC (1975) Dolphin and small whale fisheries of the Caribbean and West Indies: Occurrence, History, and Catch Statistics — with Special Reference to the Lesser Antillean Island of St. Vincent. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 32: 1105–1110. Caldwell DK, Caldwell MC, Rathjen WF & Sullivan JR (1971) Cetaceans from the Lesser Antilles Island of St. Vincent. Fishery Bulletin 69: 303–312.Cuní L (1910) Contribución al estudio de los mamíferos acuáticos observados en las costas de Cuba. Tesis de Doctorado. Universidad de La Habana. 89 pp.Debrot AO (1998) New Cetacean Records for Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. Caribbean Journal of Science 34: 168–170. Debrot AO De Meyer JA & Dezentjé PJE (1998) Additional records and a review of the cetacean fauna of the leeward Dutch Antilles. Caribbean Journal of Science 34: 204–210.Erdman DS (1970) Marine mammals from Puerto Rico to Antigua. Journal of Mammalogy