Female

Male

Total Number

Ocean/Sea

Region

Adult

Adult

Subadult

All

Pacific

Sea of Cortez

13

12

0

25

 

Galapagos

0

2

5

7

 

Pacific Crossing

16

6

0

22

 

Kiribati          

1

0

0

1

 

Papua New Guinea

13

5

5

23

Indian

Australia

8

0

8

16

 

Cocos

18

0

0

18

 

Indian Ocean Crossing

0

4

0

4

 

Chagos

0

0

12

12

 

Seychelles

25

5

6

36

 

Maldives

26

4

5

35

 

Sri Lanka

23

1

0

24

 

Mauritius

26

2

1

29

Mediterranean

Mediterranean

7

8

8

23

Atlantic

Canaries

17

2

4

23

Table 1: Distribution of the sperm whales sampled across study regions for barium, strontium and titanium.