SLW Calender@
Up-dated on February 1st, 2010
The calender shows seasonal and geographical index of occurrence and distribution of cetaceans and other natural phenomenon in Nemuro Strait, based on observation and hearings 1994-2009. The occurrence may be variant in years.
Edited by Hal Sato, 2006, 2007 and 2009.
Please do not reproduce either part nor entire table.
| Cetacean sp. and nature phenomenons |
Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | Jun. | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
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| schools of shearwaters Puffinus sp. |
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| harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena |
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| Dall's porpoise Phocoenoides dalli |
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| Pacific white-sided dolphin Lagenorhynchus obliquidens |
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| Steineger's beaked whale Mesoplodon steinegeri |
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| orca/killer whale Orcinus orca |
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| Baird's beaked whale Berardius bairdii |
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| sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus |
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| minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata |
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| humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae |
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| unidentified cetacean sp. |
"like northern form of short-finned pilot whale" were logged in the past decade.
coloration and symbols index reliable occurrence/common sometime occur rarely, or occasionally occur rather found in deep water rather found in non-deep water no apparent geographical tendency