Reproductive rates of humpback whales off California

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 220-239

  Steiger, Gretchen H ^a   Calambokidis, John ^a  

^a CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Humpback whales; Megaptera novaeangliae; North Pacific; Photographic identification; Reproductive rates

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTION BIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

REPRODUCTION; WHALE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 0033984848     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2000.tb00914.x     Document Type: Article

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