Propeller scars on and known home range of two orca (Orcinus orca) in New Zealand waters

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 635-642

  Visser, Ingrid N ^a  

^a Orca Project 'Aorangi'   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Boat strikes; Epimeletic behaviour; Home range; New Zealand; Orcinus orca; Photo identification; Propellers; Stunted growth

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 0033368548     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1999.9516906     Document Type: Article

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