North Atlantic Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus, strandings on the coastlines of the British Isles and Eastern Canada

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 371-388

  Goold, John C ^a   Whitehead, Hal ^b   Reid, Robert J ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SAC Veterinary Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic; British Isles; Canada; Noise; Physeter macrocephalus; Pollution; Seismic; Sperm Whale; Stranding

Indexed keywords

POPULATION SIZE; STRANDING; TIME SERIES; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CETACEA; MACROCEPHALUS; MAMMALIA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 0038390662     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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