… summer aerial survey covered waters around Ireland that same … Risso’s dolphin is a
deep-diving species mainly occurring … Aerial Surveys of Cetaceans and Seabirds in Irish waters: …

… For aerial surveys, it was assumed that only availability bias … conditions influencing prey
abundance (eg depth and … cetaceans, with the lowest values occurring in sperm whales …

… is where the ship survey BB-3 and aerial survey block BB-A … of Ireland were surveyed by the
Irish ObSERVE2 project. … or striped dolphin” the full estimate from the aerial survey block BB-…

… of understanding what factors influence cetacean occurrence as well as the temporal scale
… distribution and abundance to investigate broad-scale distribution patterns for cetaceans (eg …

… In the broad scale surveys, summer seabird abundance and distribution was also … Aerial
surveys of cetaceans and seabirds in Irish waters: occurrence, distribution and abundance in …

… In wildlife surveys, a proportion of seabirds or marine mammals … relative abundance estimates
of birds sitting on the sea. … (2013) did not extend to the area of Irish Sea surrounding this …

… cetacean distribution is a complex task since these animals are usually present in very low
density and/or abundance… that fin whales occurring inshore would also feed in offshore waters …

… cetacean abundance appears low compared to hotspots documented west of Scotland and
Ireland… While it has been documented in the diet of predatory fishes and seabirds around the …

… the abundance, distribution, ecology and behaviour of marine mammals, turtles, and seabirds
… 2016 and conducted aerial surveys of Ireland’s offshore and coastal waters. Over 37,000 …

… and habitat use and highlights the necessity of seasonal large scale monitoring programmes
aimed at understanding spatio-temporal patterns of fin whales occurrence and distribution …