Observations of Sowerby's Beaked Whales, Mesoplodon bidens, in the Gully, Nova Scotia

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 273-277

  Hooker, Sascha K ^a   Baird, Robin W ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Pacific Whale Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Group composition; Mesoplodon bidens; Nova Scotia; Sowerby's Beaked Whale; Surfacing behaviour; Ziphiidae

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GROUP SIZE; WHALE;

CANADA;

MESOPLODON BIDENS;

EID: 0033120668     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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