Baleen whales: Conservation issues and the status of the most endangered populations

Mammal Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-62

  Clapham, Phillip J ^a   Young, Sharon B ^b   Brownell Jr , Robert L ^c  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Humane Society of the United States   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Baleen whales; Blue whale; Bowhead whale; Conservation; Gray whale; Humpback whale; Right whale

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; WHALE;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; EUBALAENA AUSTRALIS; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; MUSCULUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 0032842951     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2907.1999.00035.x     Document Type: Article

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