WinterSCANS: Estimates of cetacean abundance in the southern North Sea in winter 2024
From January to March 2024, the SCANS-IV project conducted the first large-scale systematic winter survey to assess the abundance and distribution of cetaceans in the southern North Sea. The survey provided valuable information on the seasonal variation in the distribution and abundance of cetaceans in the area, a region with some evidence of seasonality in cetacean distribution. This is the first occasion inter-seasonal comparisons of cetacean distribution have been made between the winter and summer SCANS surveys.
Detailed results can be found in the winterSCANS report: winterSCANS report
Contact Dr. Anita Gilles
Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover
Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research
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Dr. Anita Gilles
Phone: +49 (0)511-8568177
