Reproduction, growth and migrations of sei whales Balaenoptera borealis off the west coast of South Africa in the 1960s

South African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn , Issue 24, 2002, Pages 111-133

  Best, P B ^a   Lockyer, C H ^a  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Growth; Migration; Reproduction; Sei whales; South Africa

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; WHALE;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA BOREALIS; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036369094     PISSN: 02577615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/025776102784528510     Document Type: Article

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