A shift in distribution of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in response to prey in the southern Gulf of Maine

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 826-836

  Weinrich, Mason ^b   Martin, Malcolm ^a,b   Griffiths, Rachel ^b   Bove, Jennifer ^b   Schilling, Mark ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cetacean Research Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMPBACK WHALE; MAMMALS; WHALE;

ATLANTIC, GULF OF MAINE;

MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 0030768564     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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