Stable isotopes in southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) baleen as indicators of seasonal movements, feeding and growth

Marine Biology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 483-494

  Best, P B ^a,b   Schell, D M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Box 61 ^*  (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUBALAENA AUSTRALIS;

BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; GROWTH; INDICATORS; MIGRATION; MIGRATIONS; SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPES;

EID: 0029669583     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00351030     Document Type: Article

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