Sperm whale watching off Kaikoura, New Zealand: Effects of current activities on surfacing and vocalisation patterns

Science for Conservation

Volumn , Issue 219, 2003, Pages 5-78

  Richter, Christoph F ^a   Dawson, Stephen M ^a   Slooten, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; WHALE;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MACROCEPHALUS; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 0038321969     PISSN: 11732946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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