Age-length relationships in humpback whales: A comparison of strandings in the western North Atlantic with commercial catches

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 725-737

  Stevick, Peter T ^a,b  

^a Policy and Design   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth rates; Humpback whale; Individual identification; Megaptera novaeangliae; Photographic identification; Strandings; Western North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY SIZE; GROWTH RATE; WHALE;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 0032980860     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00839.x     Document Type: Article

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