Humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae in the Arabian Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 149, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 13-21

  Mikhalev, Yuri A ^a,b  

^a SOUTH UKRAINIAN NATIONAL PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Humpback whale; Indian Ocean; Population biology; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

BIOLOGY; HUMPBACK WHALE; MAMMALS; POPULATION BIOLOGY; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; REPRODUCTION; WHALES;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0030619225     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps149013     Document Type: Article

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