Aerial surveys of cetaceans in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1995 and 1996

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1529-1550

  Kingsley, M C S ^a,c   Reeves, R R ^b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b Okapi Wildlife Associates Canada   (Canada)

^c Greenland Institute of Natural Rsrc   (Greenland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; DELPHINAPTERUS; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; LAGENORHYNCHUS ACUTUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS ALBIROSTRIS; LEUCAS; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; MUSCULUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 0032448211     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-054     Document Type: Article

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