A pygmy blue whale (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in the inshore waters of New Caledonia

Pacific Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 579-584

  Borsa, Phillipe ^a   Hoarau, Galice ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW RECORD; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WHALE;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS BREVICAUDA; BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; MUSCULUS;

EID: 10144223604     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/psc.2004.0037     Document Type: Article

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