Marine mammal captivity in the northeastern Caribbean, with notes on the rehabilitation of stranded whales, dolphins, and manatees

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 191-203

  Mignucci Giannoni, Antonio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVITY; MARINE MAMMAL; STRANDING;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

GRAMPUS GRISEUS; PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS; STENELLA FRONTALIS; STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS; STENO BREDANENSIS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 0032459624     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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