Status of the Northern Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus, in the Gully, Nova Scotia

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 287-292

  Whitehead, Hal ^a   Faucher, Annick ^a   Gowans, Shannon ^a   McCarrey, Stephen ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baleine a bec commune; Cetacea; Hyperoodon ampullatus; Northern Bottlenose Whale; Nova Scotia; Odontoceti; Submarine canyon; The Gully

Indexed keywords

HYPEROODON AMPULLATUS; ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

CONSERVATION STATUS; MAMMALS; NORTHERN BOTTLENOSE WHALE; POPULATION NUMBER; POPULATION SIZE; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE CANYONS; THREATS;

ATLANTIC, SCOTIAN SHELF, GULLY;

EID: 0030616936     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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