Soviet catches of southern right whales Eubalaena australis, 1951-1971. Biological data and conservation implications

Biological Conservation

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-197

  Tormosov, D D ^a   Mikhaliev, Y A ^b   Best, P B ^c   Zemsky, V A ^d   Sekiguchi, K ^c   Brownell Jr, R L ^e  

^a Ul Gorkogo 25 236040   (Russian Federation)

^b SOUTH UKRAINIAN NATIONAL PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d Strtverskay 27 103050   (Russian Federation)

^e NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Distribution; Feeding; Movements; Reproduction; Southern right whales

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOLOGY; WHALE; WHALING;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA AUSTRALIS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031659230     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00008-1     Document Type: Article

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