Lunar cycles and sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) strandings on the North Atlantic coastlines of the British Isles and Eastern Canada

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 145-149

  Wright, Andrew J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUNAR CYCLE; STRANDING; WHALE;

ATLANTIC COAST [CANADA]; ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [IRELAND]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED KINGDOM]; CANADA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CETACEA; MACROCEPHALUS; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 12244294532     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2005.tb01214.x     Document Type: Article

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