Fastest documented migration of a North Pacific humpback whale

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 457-464

  Gabriele, Christine M ^a,c   Straley, Janice M ^b   Herman, Louis M ^b   Coleman, Richard J ^b  

^a Kewalo Basin Mar Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Glacier Bay National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 0029800672     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1996.tb00599.x     Document Type: Article

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