Movements of North Pacific blue whales during the feeding season off southern California and their southern fall migration

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1246-1257

  Mate, Bruce R ^a   Lagerquist, Barbara A ^a   Calambokidis, John ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cascadia Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Balaenoptera musculus; Blue whale; Feeding; Migration; Radio tracking; Satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; WHALE;

(NORTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; MUSCULUS;

EID: 0032696458     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00888.x     Document Type: Article

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