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Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon)

Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon)

Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon)



Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon) Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon)

Class: Mammalia
Family: Physeteridae
Common Name: Sperm Whale
Genus: Physeter
Species Name: catodon

About The Sperm Whale

Depth range based on 3165 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 2973 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0 - 0
  Temperature range (°C): -0.849 - 29.546
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.008 - 26.054
  Salinity (PPS): 30.381 - 37.431
  Oxygen (ml/l): 4.467 - 8.078
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.036 - 1.743
  Silicate (umol/l): 0.464 - 37.572

Graphical representation

Temperature range (°C): -0.849 - 29.546

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.008 - 26.054

Salinity (PPS): 30.381 - 37.431

Oxygen (ml/l): 4.467 - 8.078

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.036 - 1.743

Silicate (umol/l): 0.464 - 37.572
 
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this **. Your feedback is most welcome.

Trips Where Observed

New Zealand

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Sites Where Observed

Location
Date
Notes
5/17/2010
I saw the spout a few times before it dived.

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