Important areas for cetaceans in Russian Far East waters
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Cetacean species are highly mobile, most of them regularly travelling over long distances, thereby presenting complex obstacles to their conservation. Identification of their critical habitats, specifically those parts of a cetacean’s range that are essential for day‐to‐day survival and for maintaining a healthy population growth rate, is necessary for their effective protection. This study presents a summary of the data on cetacean sightings during surveys that covered substantial parts of the Russian Far East coastal waters from the Okhotsk Sea to Chukotka in order to determine important areas for particular cetacean species. Sixteen cetacean species were registered during the surveys, and for 12 of them with sufficient numbers of sightings, zones with maximum sighting rates were identified. Only 13% of all cetacean sightings and 22% of sightings of protected species occurred within marine protected areas (MPAs). The highest sighting rates for protected species were concentrated off north‐eastern Sakhalin Island, in the Shantar Area, in Anadyr Gulf, in Kresta Bay and in the waters off eastern Chukotka. The analysis of the distribution patterns of various cetacean species in Russian Far East seas provides a solid base for future conservation planning. Lack of specific MPAs for protection of cetaceans and associated biodiversity hinders marine conservation in Russian Far East seas. The study highlights the specific zones important for various cetacean species and suggests the extension of some existing MPAs and the creation of new MPAs for future spatial habitat protection measures.
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The Red Data Book of Endangered Species includes bowhead whales with conservation status 1.
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- Filatova, O. A., Hoyt, E., Burdin, A. M., Burkanov, V. N., Fedutin, I. D., Ovsyanikova, E. N., Shpak, O. V., Shulezhko, T. S., & Titova, O. V.
- Affiliations
- Lomonosov Moscow State University (RU)
- Bridlington Hospital (GB)
- Kamchatka Branch of the Pacific Institute of Geography Petropavlovsk‐Kamchatsky Russia
- Faculty of Biology Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow Russia
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (RU)
- Corresponding author
- Filatova, Olga A.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2022-02-10
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 687-701
- ISSN
- 1052-7613 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-0755
- OpenAlex
- W4211086850
- Cited by
- 12
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- 1
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- Funders
- Pew Charitable Trusts (00028218)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Marine animal studies overview
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine and fisheries research
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Coastal and Marine Management
- Keywords
- cetaceans, critical habitat, cetacean distribution, sighting rates, marine protected areas, cetacean conservation, protected species, Sea of Okhotsk, Russian Far East, Sakhalin, Chukotka, spatial conservation planning
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