Seasonal variation in body condition and muscular lipid contents in Northeast Atlantic minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata

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Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 196-218

  Næss, Anders ^a,c   Haug, Tore ^b   Nilssen, Einar M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body condition; Lipid content; Minke whale; Northeast Atlantic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039346839     PISSN: 00364827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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