Association between pygmy right whales (Caperea marginata) and areas of high marine productivity off Australia and New Zealand (1874-2006)

Opportunistic sightings and strandings of Caperea marginata (n=196) from the vicinity of Australia and New Zealand (1884 to early 2007) were used to relate geographic and temporal patterns to oceanographic and broad-scale climatic variability. Records were not uniformly distributed along the coast and more (69%) were from Australia than New Zealand. Data from Appendix 1 and 2 of the cited paper.