Estimates of the numbers of humpback whales observed migrating past Cape Vidal, South Africa, 1988-1991

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 354-370

  Findlay, K P ^a   Best, P B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

abundance estimate; African east coast; humpback whale; Megaptera novaeangliae

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

HUMPBACK WHALE; MIGRATIONS; POPULATION NUMBER; POPULATION SIZE; SHORE-BASED VISUAL SURVEYS;

SOUTH AFRICA, NATAL, CAPE VIDAL;

EID: 0029664163     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1996.tb00589.x     Document Type: Article

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