Estimating natural mortality rate in reproductively active female southern right whales, Eubalaena australis

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 738-749

  Best, P B ^a,c   Kishino, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Eubalaena australis; Mortality rate; Photoidentification; South Africa; Southern right whale

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; MORTALITY; WHALE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA AUSTRALIS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031716210     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1998.tb00759.x     Document Type: Article

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