Open AccessControversy over beached whales affects operation of seismic research cruise
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2002eo000348
Subject(s) - cruise , oceanography , foundation (evidence) , fishery , research vessel , marine research , marine fisheries , marine life , geology , geography , fish <actinopterygii> , archaeology , biology
The finding of two beached beaked whales on 24 September in Mexico's Gulf of California has raised concerns among some scientists about a possible link to the research being undertaken by a U.S. science vessel, and has prompted changes in that ship's operating procedures. The whales subsequently died. At the time of the strandings on Isla San Jose in the gulf, the R/V Maurice Ewing was conducting seismic research with an airgun array in the general vicinity as part of a 17 September–4 November seismic and geological study of gulf rifting and magmatism. The $1.6‐million project is part of the MARGINS research program, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation.