The great whales: History and status of six species listed as endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973

Marine Fisheries Review

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-74

  Perry, Simona L ^a,b   DeMaster, Douglas P ^a   Silber, Gregory K ^c  

^a NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^b Species Recovery Council Northwest   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE MAMMAL; WHALE; WHALING;

UNITED STATES;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA BOREALIS; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS;

EID: 0033498295     PISSN: 00901830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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