. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history. 2002 GooLD, Whitehead, and Reid: Sperm Whale Strandings 375 Table 1. Strandings of Sperm Whales from 1988-1997 inclusive. Scotland England & Wales Ireland Eastern Canada Year Whales Events Whales Events Whales Events Whales Events 1988 7 7 0 0 4 4 1 1 1989 6 6 0 0 0 0 7 2 1990 4 4 1 1 4 4 6 2 1991 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 3 1992 5 4 0 0 0 0 6 4 1993 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 1994 18 8 1 1 1 1 2 2 1995 4 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 1996 9 4 0 0 1 1 4 4 1997 5 5 3 2 3 3 4 2 TOTAL 61 45 8 7 15 15 37 21 of sperm Whale strandings on the western margins bordering the Atlantic Ocea
. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history. 2002 GooLD, Whitehead, and Reid: Sperm Whale Strandings 375 Table 1. Strandings of Sperm Whales from 1988-1997 inclusive. Scotland England & Wales Ireland Eastern Canada Year Whales Events Whales Events Whales Events Whales Events 1988 7 7 0 0 4 4 1 1 1989 6 6 0 0 0 0 7 2 1990 4 4 1 1 4 4 6 2 1991 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 3 1992 5 4 0 0 0 0 6 4 1993 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 1994 18 8 1 1 1 1 2 2 1995 4 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 1996 9 4 0 0 1 1 4 4 1997 5 5 3 2 3 3 4 2 TOTAL 61 45 8 7 15 15 37 21 of sperm Whale strandings on the western margins bordering the Atlantic Ocean. This might be expect- ed for a species that is adapted to a deep water habi- tat, and which may prefer the submarine slope waters at the edge of the European continental shelf. Data for the most recent ten year period show that there is no statistically significant trend in the num- ber of Sperm Whale stranding events on either the British or eastern Canadian coastlines. This observa- tion contrasts strongly with multi-decadal examina- tion of strandings, which reveals a substantial increase in the latter half of the twentieth century across the British Isles as a whole, with Scotland exhibiting the greatest rate of increase. The question Scottish Strandings (1988-1997) English Strandings (1988-1997) 1 â Whales â B Events â â â ^ 1 1 1 1 \ . 1 . 1 ^1 i 1 T ^ ^ -V 1 c^ ^ rft^ -O^"" -<^ -O^ -O-^ -^ -^ -O^ ^c^*^ K^*^ ^^ .^^ .c,^" .^^' .^^^ .^^' .cT .^^ 'v' âºv' â¢v' K'-' K'-' K" âºC-' Year 18 16 14 12 I 10 1 8 z 6 4 2 0 g^ ,M â Whales m Events -+-â ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Year k Irish strandings (1988-1997) East Canadian Strandings (1988-1997). S««^ ^Jb* ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Year Figure 2. Annual Sperm Whale strandings from 1988-1997. â Whales â Events - 1 1 1 L JlHi i^rir c?^ ^c^^" ^^^ ^^ .c,^^ .^^^ ^^ ^ <# # cf^ âº? »v* â¢? Year. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally
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