Measuring sizes of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) by underwater videogrammetry

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 664-676

  Spitz, Scott S ^a   Herman, Louis M ^a   Pack, Adam A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Kewalo Basin Mar Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^c Dolphin Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 0033917380     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2000.tb00962.x     Document Type: Note

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