Response of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) to playback of calls recorded from surface active groups in both the North and South Atlantic

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 563-580

  Parks, Susan E ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Baleen whale; Eubalaena glacialis; Playback; Reproduction; Right whale; Surface active group

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WHALE;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA; EUBALAENA AUSTRALIS; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; MAMMALIA; MYSTICETI;

EID: 0037930020     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2003.tb01321.x     Document Type: Article

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