{"id":17546,"date":"2023-05-30T18:23:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T16:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cienciagandia.webs.upv.es\/?p=17546"},"modified":"2023-05-30T18:23:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T16:23:35","slug":"the-fin-whale-might-be-present-year-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cienciagandia.webs.upv.es\/en\/2023\/05\/the-fin-whale-might-be-present-year-round\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fin Whale Might Be Present Year Round"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Using passive acoustic monitoring techniques, we’ve detected that the fin whale might be present year round, not just during the summer months, although sightings are more frequent in June and July,” highlighted Eduardo Belda<\/a>, professor at Campus Gandia (UPV) and principal scientific investigator for the project “Cabo Rorcual: A Study of the Presence and Origin of Fin Whales on the Shelf and Slope of Cabo de la Nao and Ibiza Channel”<\/a>, with the backing of the MITECO Biodiversity Foundation<\/p>\n

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The objective of this multidisciplinary research project, underway since 2021, “is to analyze the populations of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) – the second largest animal on the planet after the blue whale<\/strong> – that migrate through Cabo de la Nao and identify where they are headed,\u201d underscored the professor from Campus Gandia of the Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Val\u00e8ncia(UPV).<\/p>\n