Table 1 Spatial and temporal distribution of the common minke whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804, (n = 185) examined in the current study for their epibiotic macrofauna during their summer migrations in Icelandic waters over the period 2003 to 2007

April

May

June

July

August

September

Total

1

3

8(+1) ^††

11

17(+2)

7

46(+3)

2

3

1

4

6

13

3

30

3

7

5

2

14

4

8

4

2

1

15

5

4

4

2

1

11

6

2

7

6

6

2

23

8

2

1

3

9

1

2

14

8

2

27

10

9

1

4

2

16

3

7

49

53

55

18

185(+3)