Population analysis of Northern bottlenose whales in the Gully, Nova Scotia

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-185

  Whitehead, Hal ^a   Gowans, Shannon ^a   Faucher, Annick ^a   Mccarrey, Stephen W ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

bottlenose whale; human disturbance; Hyperoodon ampullatus; length distribution; mark recapture; photoidentification; submarine canyon

Indexed keywords

BOTTLENOSE WHALE; LENGTH DISTRIBUTION; MAMMALS; NORTHERN BOTTLENOSE WHALE; POPULATION NUMBER; POPULATION SIZE; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE CANYONS;

ATLANTIC, SCOTIAN SHELF;

HYPEROODON AMPULLATUS;

EID: 0030619258     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1997.tb00625.x     Document Type: Article

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