Two types of blue whale calls recorded in the Gulf of Alaska

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 682-693

  Stafford, Kathleen M ^a  

^a NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Balaenoptera musculus; Blue whale; Geographic variation; Gulf of Alaska

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

GULF OF ALASKA;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MUSCULUS;

EID: 0142104382     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2003.tb01124.x     Document Type: Article

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