Deaths and entanglements of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in the main Hawaiian Islands, 1972-1996

Pacific Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-13

  Mazzuca, L ^a   Atkinson, S ^a   Nitta, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTANGLEMENT; HUMPBACK WHALE; MORTALITY;

PACIFIC, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; USA, HAWAII;

MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 0031869708     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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