Movements and dive behavior of two stranded, rehabilitated long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in the Northwest Atlantic

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 232-239

  Nawojchik, Robert ^a,b   St Aubin, David J ^a   Johnson, Anne ^a  

^a Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration   (United States)

^b Geo Marine Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; STRANDING; WHALE;

(NORTHWEST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037231196     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2003.tb01105.x     Document Type: Article

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