Whales and dolphins (Mammalia, Cetacea) of the Cape Verde Islands, with special reference to the Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 197-211

  Hazevoet, Cornelis J ^a,b   Wenzel, Frederick W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cape Verde Islands; Cetacea; Distribution; Whaling history

Indexed keywords

BALAENOPTERA BOREALIS; BALAENOPTERA EDENI; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; ORCINUS ORCA; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; STENO BREDANENSIS;

EID: 0034354369     PISSN: 00678546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-06903004     Document Type: Article

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