Annotated checklist and fisheries interactions of cetaceans in Togo, with evidence of Antarctic minke whale in the Gulf of Guinea  

作　　者：Gabriel H.SEGNIAGBETO Koen VAN WAEREBEEK Joseph EBOWESSIDJAOU Koffivi KETOH Takouda KKPATCHA Kotchikpa OKOUMASSOU Kossi AHOEDO 

机构地区：[1]Department of Zoology and Animal Biology,University of Lomé,Lomé,Togo [2]Agbo-Zegué,Togolese Society for Nature Conservation,Lomé,Togo [3]Conservation and Research of West African Aquatic Mammals(COREWAM),c/o Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences,University of Ghana,Legon,Ghana [4]Peruvian Centre for Cetacean Research,Lima,Peru [5]Department of Fauna and Hunting,Ministry of Environment and Forest Resources,Lomé,Togo [6]Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture,Ministry of Agriculture,Animal Breeding and Fisheries,Lomé,Togo

出　　处：《Integrative Zoology》2014年第1期1-13,共13页整合动物学（英文版）

摘　　要：Based on strandings and captures,9 cetacean species,including 6 odontocetes and 3 mysticetes,are document-ed(photos and specimens)in Togo’s coastal waters(newly-recorded species marked with an asterisk):Antarc-tic minke whale(Balaenoptera bonaerensis*),Bryde’s whale(Balaenoptera brydei or B.edeni),humpback whale(Megaptera novaeangliae),sperm whale(Physeter macrocephalus),pygmy sperm whale(Kogia brevi-ceps*),short-finned pilot whale(Globicephala macrorhynchus*),pantropical spotted dolphin(Stenella attenu-ata*),common bottlenose dolphin(Tursiops truncatus)and common dolphin Delphinus sp.An anecdotal sight-ing record for killer whale(Orcinus orca)is considered reliable.The lack of Sousa teuszii records in Togo is consistent with its apparent contemporaneous absence in Ghana.The B.bonaerensis specimen,entangled in a purse seine set on small pelagics,is a first record for the Gulf of Guinea.The occurrence of this Southern Ocean species north of the equator underscores the severe gaps in our understanding of cetacean distribution off west-ern Africa.The majority of artisanal fishermen operating in Togolese coastal waters are of Ghanaian origin and are thought to promote trade and consumption of cetacean bushmeat.Because captures are illegal,enforced with some success in the main fishing centers,covert landings of cetaceans are exceedingly difficult to moni-tor,quantify or sample.Concern is expressed about pollution of Togo’s coastal waters with heavy metals due to phosphorite mining and export from the coastal basin near Hahotoéand Kpogamé.

关 键 词：bycatches capture cetacean bushmeat dolphin Gulf of Guinea STRANDING WHALE 

分 类 号：P73[天文地球—海洋科学]