Aggregations of mature male sperm whales on the Galapagos Islands breeding ground

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-69

  Christal, Jenny ^a   Whitehead, Hal ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aggregation; association; male; Physeter macrocephalus; Sperm whale

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; AGGREGATIONS; BREEDING SITES; MALE AGGREGATION; MAMMALS; MATURE MALES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR; SPERM WHALE; WHALES;

PACIFIC, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS;

EID: 0030621056     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1997.tb00612.x     Document Type: Article

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