Effect of anthropogenic low-frequency noise on the foraging ecology of Balaenoptera whales

Animal Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-27

  Croll, Donald A ^a   Clark, Christopher W ^b   Calambokidis, John ^c   Ellison, William T ^d   Tershy, Bernie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^c CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^d Marine Acoustics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; MUSCULUS;

EID: 0002368814     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943001001020     Document Type: Article

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