Antarctic orca in New Zealand waters?

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 515-520

  Visser, Ingrid N ^a  

^a Orca Project 'Aorangi'   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Dorsal cape; Eye patch; Migration; New Zealand; Orcinus orca; Photo identification; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 0032712015     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1999.9516896     Document Type: Article

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