Putative historical occurrence of North Atlantic right whales in mid-latitude offshore waters: 'Maury's Smear' is likely apocryphal

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 282, Issue , 2004, Pages 295-305

  Reeves, Randall R ^a   Josephson, Elizabeth ^b   Smith, Tim D ^b  

^a Okapi Wildlife Associates Canada   (Canada)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Eubalaena glacialis; Matthew Fontaine Maury; North Atlantic Ocean; North Atlantic right whale

Indexed keywords

DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 10844241719     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps282295     Document Type: Article

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