New prey species for northwestern atlantic humpback whales

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 705-711

  Laerm, Joshua ^a   Wenzel, Frederick ^b   Craddock, James E ^c   Weinand, Daniel ^a   Mcgurk, John ^d   Harris, Michael J ^e   Early, Greg A ^f   Mead, James G ^g   Potter, Charles W ^g   Barros, Nélio B ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d Virginia Marine Science Museum   (United States)

^e Georgia Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^f NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^g DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^h SeaWorld Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 0030799766     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1997.tb00094.x     Document Type: Article

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