. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history. 2002 GooLD, Whitehead, and Reid: Sperm Whale Strandings 377 Table 3. Sperm Whale strandings within decadal periods from 1908-1997. Scotland England & Wales Ireland Eastern Canada Year Whales Events Whales Events Whales Events Whales Events 1908-1917 > 2 > 2 > 0 > 0 1 1 1918-1927 0 0 0 0 0 0 1928-1937 0 0 2 2 1 1 1938-1947 3 3 0 0 2 2 1948-1957 1 1 0 0 1 1 1958-1967 1 1 1 1 3 3 1968-1977 4 4 4 4 4 4 > 1 > 1 1978-1987 9 9 3 3 6 6 > 3 > 3 1988-1997 61 45 8 7 15 15 9 4 TOTAL > 81 > 65 > 18 > 17 33 33 > 13
. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history. 2002 GooLD, Whitehead, and Reid: Sperm Whale Strandings 377 Table 3. Sperm Whale strandings within decadal periods from 1908-1997. Scotland England & Wales Ireland Eastern Canada Year Whales Events Whales Events Whales Events Whales Events 1908-1917 > 2 > 2 > 0 > 0 1 1 1918-1927 0 0 0 0 0 0 1928-1937 0 0 2 2 1 1 1938-1947 3 3 0 0 2 2 1948-1957 1 1 0 0 1 1 1958-1967 1 1 1 1 3 3 1968-1977 4 4 4 4 4 4 > 1 > 1 1978-1987 9 9 3 3 6 6 > 3 > 3 1988-1997 61 45 8 7 15 15 9 4 TOTAL > 81 > 65 > 18 > 17 33 33 > 13 > 8 Although there have been many stranded animals 12 m in length; further there have been incidents, of small whale strandings prior to 1975 — where the data are very much more sparse in any case. Figure 8 illustrates the body length data of Sperm Whales stranded on the Scottish, Irish, English and eastern Canadian coasts; the wide range of body lengths in recent times (particularly in the Scottish data) is quite evident. Evans (1997) suggests that younger males may have less incentive to periodically return south to the breeding schools than will the large males, and as a consequence may suffer seasonal food shortages, leading to mortality. Post mortem examinations from recent Scottish strandings t 15 z 10 Scottish Stranding Seasonality. Jan-March April-June July-Sept Oct-Dec i: 15 z 10 English Stranding Seasonality. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
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