Cetacean strandings on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, 1970-1998

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-61

  Lucas, Zoe N ^a   Hooker, Sascha K ^b  

^a Dalhousie University ^*  (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Nova Scotia; Sable Island; Stranding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CETACEA; DOLPHIN; HUMPBACK WHALE; SPERM WHALE; WHALE;

CETACEAN; STRANDING;

CANADA;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; DELPHINIDAE; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; HYPEROODON AMPULLATUS; KOGIA BREVICEPS; KOGIA SIMUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS ACUTUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS ALBIROSTRIS; MAMMALIA; MARTES ZIBELLINA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; ORCINUS ORCA; PHOCOENIDAE; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 0034054695     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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