Multiple visits of individual humpback whales (Megaptera novaeagliae) between the Hawaiian and Japanese winter grounds

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 504-508

  Salden, Dan R ^a   Herman, Louis M ^b   Yamaguchi, Manami ^c   Sato, Fumihiko ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Ogasawara Marine Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOVEMENT; WHALE; WINTER;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 0033306382     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-77-3-504     Document Type: Article

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