Table 1.
Spatial and temporal distribution of the common minke whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804, (n = 185) examined in the current study for their epibiotic macrofauna during their summer migrations in Icelandic waters over the period 2003 to 2007
| Years | 2007 | 2007 | 2004, 2006, 2007 | 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 | 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 | 2003, 2007 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Months |
|
April |
May |
June |
July |
August |
September |
Total |
| |
1 |
|
3 |
8(+1) †† |
11 |
17(+2) |
7 |
46(+3) |
| |
2 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
13 |
3 |
30 |
| |
3 |
|
|
7 |
5 |
2 |
|
14 |
| |
4 |
|
|
8 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
| Geographic areas† |
5 |
|
|
4 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
| |
6 |
|
2 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
23 |
| |
8 |
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
|
3 |
| |
9 |
|
1 |
2 |
14 |
8 |
2 |
27 |
| |
10 |
|
|
9 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
16 |
| Total | 3 | 7 | 49 | 53 | 55 | 18 | 185(+3) |
†Geographic areas are detailed in Figure 3a.
†† Additional whales examined for lamprey scars only are shown in parentheses.