Subject: codes used on data sheets
Yankee Fleet: Carol Hill/Lisa Foerster (yankee@tiac.net)
Thu, 31 Jul 1997 15:22:36 -0700
The codes that are used for the whales on the data sheets represent the
Genus and species name for the whales. For instance, Mn=Megaptera
novaeangliae, the humpback whale. There are seventy plus cetacean
species, so I won't list all seventy, but some of the more common species
we find in the inshore areas of the Gulf of Maine include:
Mn (as above)
Bp=Balaenoptera physalus, the fin whale
Ba=Balaenoptera acuturostrata, the minke whale
La=Lagenorhynchus acutus, the Atlantic white-sided dolphin
Eg=Eubalaena glacialis, the Northern right whale
Gm=Globicephala melaena, the pilot whale
If you have any questions about any others, please feel free to ask!
Thank you.
MSPA1@aol.com wrote:
>
> Hi. I forgot what the symbols mean on the logs submitted by whale boats such
> as
> ba, bp, la, mn etc. Can you send them to me? Also what is flick feeding? I
> am reading deep feeding and flick feeding on the lists whereas you used to
> report bublle feeding . What is the difference? Thanks much. Gayle